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SATAN 

His Origin, Work, and Destiny 



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"What Is Coming?" "Spiritualism versus Chris- 
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CONTENTS 
chapter title page 

1. Satan Is a Personal Being ... 7 

2. Lucifer in Heaven 14 

3. The Extent of the Kingdom of God . 22 

4. The Other Worlds Are Inhabited . . 34 

5. The Apostasy of Satan . . . 42 

6. The Fall of Man 50 

7. Why Did God Permit Sin? . . ' . 58 

8. The Lost Dominion and the God of this World 66 

9. Heaven's Great Councils . . . . 70 

10. Christ Regains the World .... 74 

11. A Modern Revival of Devilism and Sorcery 85 

12. Satan Bound a Thousand Years . . . 103 

13. The Destiny of Satan .... 114 

14. The New Earth 122 



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FOREWORD 



It would be manifestly impossible for one to understand by 
^witnessing one brief scene, the subtle plot of a drama. It is 
equally impossible for men, looking only at present develop- 
ments, to understand the significance of the perplexing prob- 
lems of the world. The darkness of uncertainty is illuminated 
by the light from the sacred Scriptures, God's revelation to 
men. The student of the Bible is furnished with a program, 
in which is recorded all the important acts and scenes of a great 
drama. The world is seen to be a stage upon which before the 
universe are being manifested the opposing characters of Christ, 
the rightful sovereign of the Creation, and Satan, a rebel who 
has sought for himself that exalted position. 

The stage has been set for centuries. Kingdoms have risen 
and fallen. Great men have appeared, and after acting their 
brief part in the drama, have disappeared. The contending 
forces have surged back and forth. Many times the evil forces 
have seemed to triumph, and truth has seemed well nigh van- 
quished. But always, in some way, the right has conquered. 

That portion of the Word of God that deals with this great 
conflict is far too little understood. There is brought to view 
the beginning of the great rebellion, before the appearance of 
man upon this earth. The wily leader is exposed, his motives 
and the methods of his attacks are revealed, also his desperate 
attempts for world control, and his final overthrow and the 
resulting triumph of everlasting righteousness. 

A study of this little book will help to impress the reader 
with the reality of the struggle in which every one is a partici- 
pant. Thoughtfully studied, it will enable him to understand 
the intensity of the controversy in these days, and will point 
the way to victory and a share in that glorious eternal king- 
dom where sin and evil are no more. 

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CHAPTER I 

SATAN IS A PERSONAL BEING 

MEDIEVAL tradition and superstition is the source of the 
conception which has come down to us of Satan as a mon- 
ster of horrid form and hideous expression, with an accompani- 
ment of hoofs, horns, pitchfork, barbed tail, and breath of flames. 
This hobgoblin of the ignorant and superstitious has no reali- 
ty in fact, no basis in the Scriptures, and is the source of de- 
rision on the part of intelligent and cultured people. 

This very grotesque and absurd impression regarding 
Satan is in itself an evidence of the craft and guile of the de- 
ceiver. Such a caricature serves only to excite the mockery 
of the intelligent, and thus disarms suspicion, prevents vigi- 
lance, .and leads men to disbelieve and deny the very exis- 
tence of the devil. 

When the world was finally aroused from the nightmare 
of papal superstition, and emerged from the dark ages, this 
farcical devil with horns and hoofs, smelling of sulphur, and 
spitting fire, was no longer calculated to frighten the people; 
and, discarding this absurdity, they were then prepared to 
go to the other extreme, and deny the existence of all unseen 
powers of evil. In this way they were led to become the prey 
and dupes of Satan. 

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8 Satan 

So it can be plainly discerned that the entire devilism 
of the dark ages, with all its trumpery of horns, hoofs, pitch- 
forks, gridirons, and imps that act as stokers of the furnaces 
of hell, is merely a device of the arch-deceiver himself, designed 
to deceive and delude people into a denial of his own existence, 
in order that men may thus be thrown off their guard and the 
more easily ensnared and deceived. This medieval devilism 
is utterly unknown to the Bible and Christianity. 

Satan Transformed 

These absurd views of a superstitious age we discard at 
once, and prepare ourselves to listen to the explicit state- 
ments of the Bible. And here in the Scriptures of truth Satan 
is set forth before us as one who is able to appear to men in 
a character which is the exact opposite of his true character. 
" Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.' ' 2 Cor. 
11:14. 

By this instruction we are placed on our guard. Those 
who wish to shield themselves from the adversary of their 
souls in this age will be on the lookout for manifestations of 
his power, — not frightful, hideous, ludicrous, grotesque, but 
manifestations in which truth will be so insidiously inter- 
woven with error, and grace, courtesy, purity, and wisdom 
so mixed with impurity, immorality, and the antics of demons 
as shall lull suspicion, quiet apprehension, and prepare souls 
to be deceived. In these things may be discerned the sub- 
tlety of the serpent and the skill and cunning of the deceiver; 
for we may be certain that Satan will carefully guard him- 
self in these manifestations from revealing anything that will 
shock the senses or awaken prejudice. 

The Ascendency of Satan 

The closing period of the world's history is to be marked 
by the ascendency of Satan. This is plainly taught in the 
word of God. When the arch-rebel against the government 
of God knows that he has but a short time in which to work, 
he will work with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 
insomuch that if it were possible the very elect would be de- 
ceived. The accumulated wisdom and knowledge of six thou- 
sand years' experience in leading the human family into sin 
is to be brought to bear by Satan on the last generation of the 



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human race, and especially upon the church of the living 
God in the latter days. 

These things being true, it is apparent that if the last 
generation is to escape from the wiles of the devil, it must 
have some knowledge of his work, of his origin, of his power, 
and of his personality. We shall have but little hope of escap- 
ing his devices if we are in any doubt about them. Above all other 
periods in the history of the work of God on earth, it is im- 
perative at this present time that the church should be ac- 
quainted with the work of its great adversary. 

The Personality 
of Satan 

The tendency 
which has appeared 
in the church dur- 
ing recent years to 
discredit the doc- 
trine of the per- 
sonality of the 
devil, and the light- 
ness with which the 
whole subject is 
looked at when it is 
considered at all, 
increases the danger 
of the present hour. 
Sermons upon the 
subject of Satan are 
very rare, and are 
received with in- 
credulous smiles, as 
if the subject were 
one only for chil- 
dren and scarcely 
suitable for grown 
people. 

But that this 

... - Ihe devil is seen as the personal tempter of 

Subject IS One 01 our Lord." 





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"Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 



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most vital importance is evident from the fact that the char- 
acter and work of the devil are constantly dwelt on in the 
Scriptures of truth, especially in the New Testament. At 
the very beginning of the work of Christ the devil is seen 
as the personal tempter of our Lord, and through all the gospels, 
epistles, and the Revelation, the careful reader is struck with 
the constant references to the personality, the origin, power, 
cruelty, malignity, and final doom of the "god of this world/' 
From the study of the numerous titles and names which 
are applied to him in the Bible, it is plain that Satan is a person- 
al being. Thus he is called "the adversary" (1 Pet. 5:8), 
"the accuser of our brethren" (Rev. 12:10), "the angel of 
the bottomless pit" (Rev. 9:11), "Apollyon" (Rev. 9:11), 
"Beelzebub" (Matt. 12:24), "Belial" (2 Cor. 6:15), "the 
dragon" (Rev. 20:2), "the father" of lies (John 8:44), 
"a liar" (John 8:44), "murderer" (John 8:44), "power of 
darkness" (Col. 1:13), "prince of this world" (John 14:30), 
"prince of the devils" (Matt. 12:24), "prince of the power 
of the air" (Eph. 2:2), "ruler of the darkness of this world" 
(Eph. 6:12), "the serpent" (2 Cor. 11:3), "the spirit that 




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now worketh in the children of disobedience " (Eph. 2:2), 
"the tempter" (Matt. 4:3; 1 Thess. 3:5), "the god of this 
world" (2 Cor. 4:4), "unclean spirit" (Matt. 12:43), "the 
wicked one" (Matt. 13: 19, 38), "the evil one" (Matt. 6: 13). 

The personality of Satan is still further set forth by those 
Bible references which represent the chief of the kingdom 
of evil as presumptuous (Job 1:6; Matt. 4: 5, 6), proud (1 Tim. 
3:6), powerful (Eph. 2: 2; Eph. 6: 12), wicked (1 John 3: 12), 
malignant (Job 1: 9; Job 2: 4), subtle (Gen. 3: 1; 2 Cor. 11: 3), 
deceitful (2 Cor. 11: 14; Eph. 6: 11), fierce (Luke 8: 29; 9: 39, 
42), cruel (1 Peter 5:8), always active in promoting evil (Job 
1:7; 2:2). 

In the Bible the work of Satan is compared to a fowler 
setting snares for the unwary (Ps. 91 : 3), to an enemy who in the 
darkness of the night sowed tares among the good seed of the 
field (Matt. 13:25, 39), to a wolf ravaging the flock (John 
10: 12), to a lion seeking to catch and devour its prey (1 Peter 
5:8). Against his subtlety, his treachery, and his devilish 
insinuations we can guard ourselves only by constant watching 
and prayer (2 Cor. 2: 11). Christ has commanded his people 
to resist uncompromisingly all his approaches and solicitations 
(1 Peter 5: 9; James 4: 7; Eph. 4: 27). 

Through the Enemy's Country 

From the teaching of the Holy Scriptures it is plain that the 
way of the Christian pilgrim who is journeying to reach the 
kingdom of God lies through the enemy's country, through the 
territory of "the god of this world." While the weary pilgrim 
has a mighty God to defend him, while he is safe in the keeping 
of the Good Shepherd, while he will be surely guided by the 
Spirit of Truth, yet the struggle with the enemy of his soul 
will be real and painful; he will find it necessary to sustain 
a prolonged and fiery ordeal, and a most severe conflict. The 
pilgrim believer will find his way safe only as he realizes that 
the sleepless and vigilant eye of a malignant and cruel enemy 
is following his every step, and that the accumulated subtlety 
and cunning of six thousand years of experience is constantly 
at work to draw him away from Christ, and he is thus made 
to realize his need of constant watching and prayer. 



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Satan's Mightiest Working in This Age 

In the last years of the history of this present evil world 
the mightiest working of Satan is to be witnessed. The 
Bible most clearly reveals the fact that the time is very near 
at hand when the history of this world will be closed, and the 
kingdoms of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord 
and of his Christ. Rev. 11: 15. Ere long Satan is to be de- 
stroyed. Rev. 20: 9-14. Soon this whole world will enter into 
possession of the people of God. Dan. 7 : 27. The whole govern- 
ment of this earth, as now controlled and managed by sinful 
men, is soon to pass away, and the history of Satan's rebellion 
and his usurped dominion on earth will before long be ended. 
The unfolding of the prophecies of the Bible, and the rapidly 
fulfilling signs of the times, very plainly reveal that the end 
of this age is very near. 

From his knowledge of the Scriptures, and from what 
he sees of the maturing plans of God, Satan plainly perceives 
that the time of his overthrow can not be long delayed. A 
short time only remains for him, and hence he will make a 
special effort to keep the whole world under his power. He 
knows that Christ will not come without some signal dis- 
play of power and glory, hence Satan is determined that he 
also will manifest his power to the world, with the design of 
having his false miracles attributed to the miracle-working 
power of God. 




Lucifer was one of the covering cherubim. 

CHAPTER II 

LUCIFER IN HEAVEN 

CATAN once dwelt at the court of Jehovah, where his name 
was Lucifer. Created by the Maker of all, he was one of the 
most glorious and beautiful beings among the angelic hosts, 
and was honored and loved as a leader of great multitudes 
of the angels of God. Exalted by his Maker to a position of 
great prominence and influence, he was able to lead many 
of the angels astray when sin found an entrance into his heart 
and mind. 

God did not create the devil. He created a beautiful 
and holy* angel, and designed and made it possible for him 
so to continue. But it is possible for such a being, as illustrated 
in the fall of man, to lapse into a state of sin; yes, even to 
change his nature until it becomes essentially sinful. Thus 
we have the record that God made man at the first "upright" 
(Gen. 1:27; Eccl. 7:29), but later not only his nature but 
also "the imagination of the thoughts of his heart" became 
"only evil." Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Ps. 53:1-3. 

Thus, too, the angels, that higher order of created in- 
telligences than man (Ps. 8:4, 5), were created in a pure and 
sinless condition. But they did not all retain this condition, 
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for we have the record that certain of the angels "kept not 
their first estate, but left their own habitation. " Jude 6. They 
had all at one time been among "the elect angels" (1 Tim. 
5: 21), but now the Bible divides the angels into two classes, — 
"the elect/' and those "that left their own habitation." Of 
these latter Peter 
says that "God 
spared not the an- 
gels that sinned." 
2 Peter 2:4. 

From these 
Scriptures we ob- 
tain three impor- 
tant facts. First, 
certain angels who 
were originally 
pure and holy fell 
into sin. Second, 
these fallen angels 
by this apostasy 
lost their standing 
with God. Third, 
in addition to this 
they came under 
God's heavy dis- 
pleasure, for he 
"delivered them 
into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved 
unto judgment." 
2 Peter 2:4. 

God Did Not 
Create Sin 

In none of 
these cases did God 
compel his crea- 
tures to sin. He , 

t , . ■ . "He was probably one of tbe leaders of the 

did not create sm- angeHc cnolr of heaven." 




16 Satan 

ners. He did not create sin. He created pure and holy beings, 
and they yielded themselves as servants to sin. 

That Lucifer's first abode was in heaven is taught very 
plainly in the Scriptures. This could be gathered from the 
words of Christ, "Your father the devil . . . abode not 
in the truth." John 8: 44. Thus there was a time when Satan 
was in the truth, and in the abode of truth. Where this abode 
of truth is will be seen from the further words of Christ, "I 
beheld Satan, as lightning, fall from heaven." Luke 10:18. 

Recognizing that the animating spirit in ancient Babylon 
as also in modern Babylon, was, and is, that of the father of 
evil, the devil, this being is addressed in the book of Isaiah 
and his origin spoken of as follows: 

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How 
art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!" Isa. 
14: 12. 

The original home of Satan is also spoken of in the New 
Testament in the following words: 

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against 
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither 
was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, 
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan." Rev. 12:7-9. 

From this passage it is evident that the " place" of the 
devil was once "in heaven," but that the time came when 
it was no longer there. 

Lucifer a Mighty Angel 

Lucifer was one of the great princes of the kingdom of 
God in heaven before his fall, holding a position under 
Jehovah, the Creator, which made him a leader of a great 
host of angels. He was a bright, glorious being. The marginal 
reading for "Lucifer" in Isaiah 14:12 is "day-star." Under 
the figure of the king of Tyre, a description of Lucifer is given 
by Ezekiel. Here God addresses this fallen being, and says: 
"Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in 
beauty." Eze. 28:12. 

Lucifer was one of the wisest of all the creatures of heaven. 
Concerning the splendor and glory conferred upon him by the 
Creator, we have the record: 

"Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; e\ iryfyl cious stone was 



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thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and 
the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the 
carbuncle, and gold." Eze. 28: 13. 

He was resplendent, therefore, not 

only in the beauty of his person, but 

also in that beauty and glory by which 

he was covered and surrounded in the 

exalted position which he 

held by the gift of 

his Maker. 

He was 

probably 

one of the 

leaders, if not the leader, of the 

great angelic choir of heaven, for 

he was a talented singer. The 

record is: 

"The workmanship of thy tabrets 
and of thy pipes was prepared in thee 
in the day that thou wast created." 
Eze. 28: 13. 

Lucifer was a being clothed 
with purity and holiness. " Thou 
was perfect in thy ways from the 
day that thou wast created." Eze. 28: 15. 

The Anointed Cherub 

Concerning the exalted 
station in which he was 
placed by his Creator we 
are not left in darkness. 

"Thou art the anointed 
cherub thatcovereth; and I have 
set thee so: thou wast upon the 
holy mountain of God; thou hast 
waited up and down in the midst 
of the stones of fire. ' ' Eze. 28 : 14. 

God dwells in heaven, 
" sitting upon a throne, high 
and lifted up, " ; n the great 
heavenly te r k .* Isa. 6: 1. 

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Lucifer in Heaven 19 

He is surrounded by " an innumerable company of angels, " " ten 
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands. " 
Heb. 12: 22; Rev. 5:11. When God gave instruction to Moses 
to build a dwelling place for him upon the earth, he had every- 
thing in the earthly tabernacle made " after the pattern" 
which he showed to Moses "in the mount." Ex. 25:9, 40. 
That is, Moses was given a glimpse of the heavenly temple 
in which God dwells, and instructed to take it as a model 
for the building of the earthly tabernacle. 

In this earthly tabernacle there was a miniature repre- 
sentation of the throne of God in the heavens, fashioned after 
the pattern which Moses had seen. This was called the "ark 
of the covenant." A description of how this ark was made 
is given in the book of Exodus. Chap. 25 : 10-22. It was a hollow 
chest, overlaid with gold, and having a cover made of solid 
gold which was called the mercy seat. 

On either side of this mercy seat, and wrought of the 
same piece of gold with it, were the figures of two angels, 
or cherubs. 

"And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering 
the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; 
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. . . . And 




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there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the 
mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark 
of the testimony." Ex. 25:20-22. 

This was a miniature of the throne of the Most High 
in the heavens. Of this throne in heaven, the Lord says: 

"The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the 
cherubims; let the earth be moved." Ps. 99:1. 

Recalling the expression in Ezekiel, "Thou art the anointed 
cherub that covereth," and keeping in mind this explanation 
of the throne of God, we can understand better the exalted 
position which Lucifer occupied at the court of the King of 
kings. He was one of the most exalted creatures there, and 
wielded power less in degree only to that of God and his only 
begotten Son. A great host of angels looked to him for leader- 
ship. His influence was wide, his power was great, honored 
as he was by the One whom all created intelligent creatures 
delighted to honor and serve and obey. 

What a peaceful and beautiful scene it all presents — the 
government and dominion of the God of heaven, whose king- 
dom ruleth over all! Throughout its boundless domain 
there was nothing to mar or make afraid. In peace and con- 
tentment, and in absolute purity, dwelt the creatures who 
had been brought into existence by the creative power of God. 
Sin had not laid its blighting hand on any part of this wide- 
spread dominion. Disease and sickness were unknown. Pain 
and sorrow and death had never been felt by any of the in- 
habitants of that great kingdom. Love for God and for each 
other reigned supreme in every heart, and unutterable joy 
filled every breast, as all united in worship of their Maker. 
Winging their way out into the vastness of unmeasured space, 
they were privileged to visit the inhabitants of other worlds. 
And in the city of the Great King, bowing their heads in rever- 
ent adoration of the Lord of all worlds, they united their mag- 
nificent voices in far-sounding praise under the leadership 
of the majestic Lucifer. Privileged to eat of the fruit of the 
tree of life and drink of the water of the river of life, they were 
without fear of death, and looked forward to a never-ending 
existence. No thought of sin or death marred their happiness. 
Their hearts were filled with joy and peace as they basked 



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in the smiles of their loving and all-powerful Father. Such 
was the abode of Lucifer before sin entered his heart and 
took possession of his life. 







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the covering cherub. 




CHAPTER III 



THE EXTENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD 



TT is important at the very beginning of our study of the origin 
of sin that we obtain an adequate conception of the vastiiess 
of the kingdom of God. Viewing this subject of the existence 
of evil and the origin and work of Satan from the standpoint 
of this world only, we shall never find any satisfactory 
solution to the great problem which it presents. But viewing 
it from the standpoint of the entire universe, with its un- 
numbered millions of created intelligences and its far-flung 
boundaries reaching out into infinite space, we may gain some 
slight idea of the majesty and justice of God in permitting 
Satan to work his will among the inhabitants of the earth. 
And so in this chapter we shall launch out upon a journey 
which will reveal to us something .of the greatness of the do- 
minion over which Jehovah rules as King. In imagination 
we shall travel through the vast reaches of space which sepa- 
rate the various parts of the kingdom until thought and im- 
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agination fail and the heart faints with the greatness of the 
mind of God, who spoke it all into existence. 

The Vastness of the Earth 

Before starting upon this journey, let us view that part 
of the dominions of God upon which we dwell — the earth itself. 



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UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD 

"If we were to take our station on a mountain from which we could 
see forty miles in every direction." 



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This earth is a globe 8,000 miles in diameter, and about 
25,000 miles in circumference. Its surface contains nearly 
200,000,000 square miles. It is diversified with great divisions 
of land and water, continents, oceans, islands; mountains which 
push their mighty heads through the clouds; depths of ocean 
which are unfathomed; vast subterraneous caverns; volcanoes 
belching flame; lakes, rivers, forests, and swelling hills; animals 
of every form and size, from the elephant to the ant; unnum- 
bered schools of fish, from the whale to the minnow, playing 
in the depths of the ocean; birds of all kinds and without 
number flying through the air above; and numerous tribes and 
nations of men who suppose themselves to be rulers of it all. 

It is only with laborious thought that the mind takes in 
the vastness of the bulk of the earth. If we were to take our 
station on a mountain from which we could see forty miles 
in every direction, a circle eighty miles in diameter, and 250 
miles around its outer rim, our eyes would cover an area of 
5,000 square miles. With the hills, valleys, rivers, lakes, villages, 
farms, roads, and cities which such a scene would present to 
the view, we should find it difficult readily to grasp it at once. 
But when our eye covers such an area, we are looking at but 
one forty-thousandth part of the entire area of the earth's 
surface. We must see 40,000 such views pass before us before 
we have seen all of the surface of the earth. 

And if we were to keep our station on that lofty mountain 
peak while one such scene as this passed before our eyes every 
hour, and we devoted twelve hours every day, day after day, 
to this work, we should be compelled to remain there nine 
years and forty-eight days before we had seen the whole sur- 
face of this majestic ball upon which we dwell. And then most 
of the objects would have passed by us at a distance of from 
one to forty miles, which would make most of the view in- 
distinct. 

And should we be determined to see everything distinctly 
before we leave on our long journey to other planets and 
systems, and come down from the mountain top to walk 
through every square mile of the surface of the earth, and 
walk thirty miles every day, 18,264 years would pass before 
we had finished our journey. If we had started when Adam 
was created we should now be but one-third through. 



The Extent of the Kingdom of God 25 

And consider the bulk of the earth. It is eight thousand 
miles through it; that is, its solid contents amount to 263,- 
858,149,120 cubic miles. After laborious effort the mind fails 
to take in the thought of such a, vast amount of matter. How- 
great must be the power of Jehovah who spoke it all into 
existence! How limitless must be his might "who hath mea- 
sured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out 
heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the 
earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and 
the hills in a balance. " Isa. 40: 12. 

Thus, before we have left our own domain, we find our- 
selves bewildered at the immensity of a world which is among 
the smallest of the planets, and we have advanced but a single 
step upon our journey into the dominions of the God of all the 
universe. This globe of ours, yes, even the entire solar system, 
is but as "a drop in the bucket " in comparison with the ma- 
terial universe over which God presides. 

The Solar System 

But we have taken no more than the first step upon our 
journey, and we must hasten on. Taking our flight out into 
the planetary system, the system that is controlled by our 
sun, which is its center, we find that one of the planets is 780 
times as large as the earth, and is encircled by a ring which 
reaches out from its surface nearly as far as the moon is from 
the surface of the earth. Another of these planets is 1,400 
times as large as the earth, though it appears but a bright 
star to the naked eye at night. Taking all of the great orbs 
which circle around the sun, we find they contain a mass 
of matter 2,500 times greater than that of the earth. 

And that great ball which controls them all, and dis- 
penses to them all light and warmth — the sun — is 740 times 
greater than all the planets together, and 1,300,000 times 
larger than the earth, throwing the light and warmth out 
from its surface to the outermost planet, which is 2,790,000,000 
miles away. The eye or the imagination can contemplate no 
more glorious and magnificent object than this, wielding its 
controlling influence over the planets which swing through 
space around, governing this great family with a power which 
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Mercury is the nearest of the planets to the sun, being 
36,000,000 miles distant; Venus is 67,500,000 miles away; the 
earth, 93,000,000; Mars, 141,500,000; Jupiter, 483,300,000; 
Saturn, 886,000,000; Uranus, 1,780,000,000; and Neptune, 
2,790,000,000. Taking a copper cent to represent the weight 
of the earth, Mercury and Mars, in comparison, would be as 
large as the old three-cent piece; Venus, as a ten -cent piece; 
Uranus, as a dollar and three quarters; Neptune as two dollars; 
Saturn, as eleven dollars; and Jupiter, as thirty-seven dollars. 

The Stellar System 

And now we have reached the outermost rim of our solar 
system, and look for new worlds to conquer. But where shall 
we begin? The universe before us is swimming with myriads 
of stars and systems. Out at an inconceivable distance beyond 
our solar system is the stellar system, — the system of the stars. 
On a clear winter night about two thousand of these stars 
can be seen with the naked eye, and as each one of these stars 
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is with planets controlled by this central luminary, there lies 
before us a mass of matter equal to two thousand solar systems, 
or to 1,500,000,000 globes of the size of the earth. But when 
we realize that the stars which can be perceived by the eye 
do not compose one one-hundred-thousandth part of those 
which can be seen through a large telescope, some idea can 
be faintly grasped of the length of the journey before us. In 
parts of the sky where the eye can not discern more than 
twenty stars, the telescope will reveal thousands. 

And out beyond the uttermost reaches of human vision, 
aided as it is by powerful glasses, undoubtedly there are myri- 
ads of vast orbs rushing through space, unknown to man. 
With each new telescope that is stronger than those which 
have preceded it, new vistas are being opened up, and new 
stars being found which are far beyond those which have 
been previously discovered. 

Traveling with the Light 

Traveling out to these magnificent bodies we must find 
some mode of traversing space faster than anything known 
on earth, for the fastest cannon ball ever shot from the mouth 
of a gun could not traverse this space in a million years. The 
very nearest star to the earth is 25,000,000,000,000 miles 
away. Its name is Alpha Centauri. And should we visit 
Polaris, or the North Star, we must travel over 276,000,000,- 
000,000 miles. So we must go with the light, which travels 
186,000 miles, or more than seven times around the earth, in 
the space of a single second. 

But traveling even at this terrific pace, it will take con- 
siderable time even to reach the nearest stars. At the rate 
light travels, we should not reach Alpha Centauri until four and 
one-third years had passed, and it would take forty-seven 
years to get to the North Star. So after we had traveled the 
2,697,000,000 miles from our earth to the outermost planet, 
or Neptune, we have taken only a faltering step into illimit- 
able space, compared to the first step of the child beginning 
to walk. And when we have gotten this much nearer the 
stars, there appears no change in them, — they seem as far 
away as before. There are still immense reaches of space be- 
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the effort to bridge it, and even our imagination is useless here. 

Rushing through Space 

The stars are suns. Our sun is a star itself, and seen from 
other stars its appearance would be that of a small star. All 
the stars, together with the sun and our entire solar system, 
are rushing through space at a very fast rate. The speed of 
the cannon ball is no more than a thousand miles an hour, 
which bears no comparison to the rate with which the heavenly 
bodies are moving. When it is considered that if the mean 
density of the earth were but two and a half times that of 
water, it would weigh 2,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons, and 
that just one of the planets is 89,000 miles in diameter, and 
would take into its vast circumference more than a thousand 
globes the size of the earth, it is wonderful that such vast 
masses of matter should move at all. But Jupiter, with all 
its immensity, is moving in its orbit about the sun at the 
rate of 29,000 miles an hour, Venus at 76,000 miles an hour, 
and Mercury at 150,000 miles an hour, or 1,750 miles a minute, 
hundreds of times swifter than a cannon ball. Surely we must 
exclaim with the redeemed whom John saw, " Great and mar- 
velous are thy works, Lord God Almighty" (Rev. 15:3), and 
ask with the Psalmist, "O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong 
Lord like unto thee?" (Ps. 89: 8), and say with Moses, "Thy 
right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power" (Ex. 15:6). 

The stars are at such distances from us in our rapid flight 
through space that no change can be noticed in their positions, 
though they are moving as fast as any of the planets, if not 
faster. 

Arcturus with His Sons 

Centuries ago, in the land of Uz, God asked Job the ques- 
tion, "Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?" Job 38:32. 
Arcturus is a star which is said to be 950 millions of millions 
of miles from the earth. It is one of the brightest of the stars. 
So distant is it that it takes light traveling at the rate of ] 86,- 
000 miles a second, 181 years to reach this earth from it. The 
sun is nearly a million miles in diameter, but Arcturus is said 
to be a thousand times as large as the sun. So much brighter 
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equal distance from the earth it would be necessary to use a 
powerful telescope to find it. 

Inasmuch as Arcturus is so much larger than the sun, 
it is reasonable to suppose it has a proportionately larger 
number of worlds circling it in their orbits than the sun. And 
with all these rushing worlds it sweeps grandly through space 
at the rate of two hundred sixty miles a second, never a second 
out of time, guided by that Master Mind whose throne, with- 
out doubt, it encircles. Well might Job say, "Behold, I am 
vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon 
my mouth. " Job 40:4. 

But the Outlying Borders of God's Works 

While we have begun the journey into space (for these 
are but the outlying borders of God's works), yet here we 
must stop for a brief space, for we can not go farther with our 
finite wisdom. Let us pause here with reverence and wonder. 
Over all these rushing orbs God presides. This is his kingdom, 
and we have seen but a small part of it. Throughout all these 
objects, and among all these intelligences, he is ever present. 
All of its complicated movements are guided by his unerring 
wisdom. By his Word in the beginning it emerged from nothing. 




Satan is pleased to keep the young in a whirl of amusements and 
thus lead them to forget their souls' salvation. 

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"He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." 
"By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of 
them by the breath of his mouth." Ps. 33: 9, 6. 

Surely we can say with David, "The heavens declare 

the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork. " 

Ps. 19: 1. It is here in these vast realms of the universe, the 

chamber of the Eternal, that we behold the might of the Mighty, 

the strength of the Strong, the wisdom of the Wise, the lore 

of the Learned, the made of the Maker, the order of the Or- 

derer, the glory of the Glorious; and we see, though our eyes 

be dim, and our minds untaught, the majesty of the Designer 

who so reflects himself in all his works. It is thus we should 

look upon the universe in all its awful grandeur — the earth, 

sun, stars, moon, planets; and we shall confess that these, 

without life, or power, or purpose, or thought, or will, unable 

to build up or destroy, to end or to begin, to hold or advance, 

to be or not to be, declare there is a God. 

Architraves of Eternities 

"An angel once took a man . . . and lifted him up into space to 
show him the glory of the universe. . . . The man ceased to be cowardly, 
and was ready to fly with the angel past galaxy after galaxy, and infinity 
after infinity, and so man and angel passed on, viewing the universe, until 
the sun was out of sight — until our solar system appeared but as a speck of 
light against the black empyrean, and there was only -darkness. And they 
looked onward, and in the infinities of light before, a speck of fight appeared 
and suddenly they were in the midst of rushing worlds. But they passed 
beyond that system, and beyond system after system, and infinity after 
infinity, until the human heart sank, and the man cried out: 'End is there 
none of the universe of God?' The angel strengthened the man with words of 
counsel and courage, and they flew on again until worlds left behind them 
were out of sight, and specks of light before them were transformed as they 
approached them into rushing systems. 

"They moved over architraves of eternities, over pillars of immensities, 
over architecture of galaxies, unspeakable in dimensions and duration, and 
the human heart sank again and cried out: ' End is there none of the universe 
of God?' And all the stars echoed the question with amazement: 'End is 
there none of the- universe of God?' And this echo found no answer. 

"They moved on again past immensities of immensities, and eternities 
of eternities, until in the dizziness of uncounted galaxies the human heart 
sank for the last time, and called out: 'End is there none of the universe of 
God?' And all the stars repeated the question. And the angel answered: 
'End there is none of the universe of God. Lo, also, there is no be- 
ginning.' " 

The Language of the Universe 

The universe speaks a language of its own, which we 
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satisfaction. More sweet than the music of the spheres is its 
varied wisdom if it tells us of Might which we can not hold, 
of Power which we can not reach, of Lore which we may be- 
hold but not all contain, of Wisdom whereof we can scarcely 
know the measure, of Majesty, and Grace, and Grandeur 
which shall wrap our souls in speechless amazement, and fill 
our minds with vast consternation of thought, for we shall 
be as one devoid of wisdom. Yet amid all our confusion and 
deep amazement we shall discern a wisdom we can not other- 
wise perceive, and shall discover a knowledge which shall 
banish all our thought of doubt and unbelief. 

And this, my brother man, is our Father's house. As I 
write of it for you to read I find in my heart a vast longing 
to go home. I want to continue that journey with you through 
the ever-expanding regions of space, and press on to the utter- 
most borders of the Father's dominion. May you make sure 
that in the time to come this journey shall be continued under 
the guidance of him who created all these things, and who 
upholds them all. 

At the court of the King of this heavenly empire, Lucifer, 
the angel of light and glory, ministered — the respected, loved 
leader of a great number of the angels. Like flashes of light 
they winged their way to the farthest stars and planets on 
errands for the great King. Love reigned supreme in the 
heavenly kingdom, and joy and happiness filled every heart. 
The cloud of the coming revolt against the Majesty of heaven 
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CHAPTER IV 



THE OTHER WORLDS ARE INHABITED 



THE other planets of the solar system and the millions of 
worlds of the stellar system are inhabited by intelligent 
and reasoning creatures. This is more than a theory. It is 
a fact for which there is abundant evidence. 

And it is important that those who study the question of 
the origin of Satan and of sin should be familiar with the truth 
that there is a plurality of inhabited worlds, for we shall not 
be able to understand why God permitted Satan to sin and to 
introduce sin into this world unless we realize that the de- 
cision of the great controversy between good and evil affects 
much more than one small planet. Not only are the inhabi- 
tants of this world learning lessons of eternal value by their 
experience with sin, but their experience is affording a demon- 
stration of the love and justice of the Creator which could 
have been given in no other way. 

It is, therefore, of the utmost importance to the student 
of this great question fully to understand that the other worlds 
are inhabited. And in order that this truth may be clearly es- 

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tablished, this chapter will be devoted to a consideration of 
the evidence which proves it. 

In the preceding chapter we have caught a glimpse of 
the immensity of the dominion of the great King of kings. 
Such a w T onderful system of worlds, suns, stars, and planets 
must have been brought into existence by the Creator for some 
purpose which would be worthy of his infinite wisdom and love. 
It would be utterly unreasonable to suppose all these rushing 
worlds and systems were created merely to afford a few as- 
tronomers in these days an awe-inspiring spectacle. Even 
men have some purpose in making the things which are formed 
by their hands. To say that God had no other purpose in the 
creation of the universe than to afford himself the pleasure of 
seeing these great globes whirl through space, would be to 
charge him with folly. 

The Divine Purpose in Creation 

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"For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that 
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, 
he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord ; and there is none else. " Isa. 45 : 18. 

Here is a plain declaration that for the Lord to have 
created the world without the purpose of peopling it would 
have been a piece of folly. " He created it not in vain, he formed 
it to be inhabited/ ' If this earth had not been populated it 
would have been created in vain. If it had been left empty 
and useless it would have been created in vain. This world 
exists for the sake of intelligent and reasoning beings. 

With this thought before us, and the additional considera- 
tion that the combined surface of all the planets of the solar 
system alone is equivalent to 27,000 such worlds as ours, 
we are forced to the conclusion that it would have been in- 
finitely greater folly to create that vast amount of space to 
be useless and empty. From this verse alone we are led to 
conclude that the other planets are inhabited. 

The Vast Population of the Universe 

As David, the sweet singer of Israel, viewed the glory 
of the heavens while out on the plains of Judea at night, he 
exclaimed: 

"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and 
the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful 
of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" Ps. 8:3, 4. 

If all the planets and the unnumbered worlds of the stellar 
system were devoid of inhabitants, and there were no in- 
telligent beings in the universe beside man and a compara- 
tively small company of angels, such an exclamation as this 
of the Psalmist's would be without reason or emphasis, for 
there would be nothing remarkable under those circumstances 
in the Creator's exercising particular care over one-half of his 
intelligent creatures. If the inhabitants of this earth are the 
only rational beings in the universe, the Psalmist would not be 
justified in uttering such an exclamation. But David knew 
that the universe was composed of many worlds, peopled with 
myriads of intellectual beings of various orders, and when he 
thought of this he became so affected by the idea of the vast 
population of the universe that he seems to have been fearful 
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of beings who must come under the care and superintendence 
of Jehovah. 

Guiding his pen by inspiration, Isaiah writes: 

"Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted 
out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a 
measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 
Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught 
him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him 
in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the 
way of understanding^ Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are 
counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a 
very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof 
sufficient for a burnt-offering. All nations before hint are as nothing; and 
they are counted to him as less than nothing, and vanity." Isa. 40: 12-17. 




64 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand?" 

If the supposition that man occupies the principal station 
in the material universe, and is the only rational being within 
its vast confines, is correct, there would be no propriety 
in making such declarations as that "the nations are as a drop 
of a bucket," and "the small dust of the balance," and 
"are as nothing," and "less than nothing," for such state- 
ments would be contrary to fact. If all the rolling orbs of heaven 
were destitute of life, Isaiah would never have penned those 
verses. 

Peopled with Myriads of Inhabitants 

"Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven 
of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, 
the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host 
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Such expressions would mean nothing if the other worlds 
were not inhabited. It seems clear that they would not have 
been written by an inspired writer unless they were meant 
to teach what they strongly imply, that the universe is great 
and extensive, utterly beyond the limits of human compre- 
hension; that its worlds and systems are peopled with myriads 
of inhabitants; that these beings are in possession of intellec- 
tual natures, and fully capable of appreciating the perfections 
and attributes of their Creator; and that they unite in adoring 
and honoring him. "The host of heaven worshipeth thee. " 

So small and insignificant in number are the inhabitants 
of this earth in comparison with the entire population of the 
universe that they are said to be "as grasshoppers." 

"It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabit- 
ants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretchest out the heavens as a curtain, 
and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." Isa. 40:22. 

The far outspread heavens, therefore, exist for the specific 
purpose of being dwelt in, and this is here clearly stated. 

That the heavens are inhabited is seen again in the verses 
penned by John on the Isle of Patmos: 

"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil. 
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth 
and his angels were cast out with him." ''Therefore, rejoice, ye 
heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of 
the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he 
knoweth that he hath but a short time." Rev. 12:9, 12. 

Legions of Intelligences 

The following passages of Scripture all bear on the sub- 
ject of this chapter, and need little, if any, comment: 

"And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord thy faithfulness 
also in the congregation of the saints. For who in the heaven can be compared 
unto the Lord? who among- the sons of the mighty can be likened unto 
the Lord?" Ps. 89:5, 6. 

"The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom 
ruleth over all." Ps. 103:19. 

"Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens; praise 
him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all his hosts. 
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, 
ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them 
praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. 
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which 
shall not pass." Ps. 148:1-6. 

"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the 
victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is 




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thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above 
all." 1 Chron. 29:11. 

"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he 
doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabi- 
tants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest 
thou?" Dan. 4:35. 

"The Lord is good to all: and his mercies are over all his works. All 
thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee." Ps. 
145:9, 10. 

"For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth 
unto the clouds." Ps. 108:4. 

"The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth 
himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!" Ps. 
113:4-6. 

There are numerous other passages which might be pointed 
out as bearing on this subject, but these that have been 
selected will serve as a key to illustrate many others, as they 
may come under the observation of the student of the Bible. 
Attention is directed to the force of such expressions as Jehovah 
doing according to his will "in the army," or armies, "of 
heaven," as well as "among the inhabitants of the earth;" 
and to the thought that the entire population of this earth 
"is reputed as nothing in his sight." Notice also the expres- 
sions found in different parts of the Psalms regarding the 
inhabitants of the heavens, and "the heaven of heavens," 
the "angels who excel in strength," "all his hosts," or legions 
of intelligences, "in all places of his dominion, who do his 
pleasure, hearkening to the voice of his word." 

All these ranks of intelligent creatures are exhorted to 
unite in one glorious song of praise and thanksgiving to "him 
whose name alone is exalted, and whose glory is above the 
earth and heaven." 

The book of Job contains many descriptions of the gran- 
deur of Jehovah. Among them we read that "by his Spirit 
the heavens are garnished," and that the astounding displays 
of his omnipotent power which are revealed in the heavens 
"are but the outskirts of his ways: and how small a whisper 
do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can 
understand?" Job 26:13, 14, A. R. V. 

Many Inhabited Worlds in the Universe 

Surely these verses, and the many others which bear on 
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that there are many inhabited worlds existing in the universe, 
all of which are included in the territory of the kingdom of God. 

It can not be disputed that there are numerous bodies in 
the universe of God which have a surface area adequate to 
contain vast hosts of intelligent beings, and to give them en- 
joyment. A study of many of these bodies has revealed con- 
ditions strikingly similar to those of this earth itself, such as daily 
and yearly motions, moons, atmospheres, light, heat, and color, 
which things would be necessary only to provide happiness 
and existence to intelligent beings. These same conditions 
seem to exist on this earth solely for the sake of living beings. 

When these passages of Scripture and the arguments 
adduced from them are considered in connection with the 
wisdom and other attributes of God, they surely appear to 
amount not only to a high degree of probability, but to an 
actual certainty, that the great systems which swing through 
space under the direction of Jehovah are peopled with myriads 
and myriads of created intelligences, created for their happiness 
and his glory, and of every rank and order. 

Highest in rank above them all was Lucifer, the "Son of 
the Morning," the leader of the great choir of heaven, standing 
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CHAPTER V 

THE APOSTASY OF SATAN 

THERE was a time when Satan was "in the truth. " But 

he " abode not in the truth." John 8:44. That is, he 

became an apostate, the leader of a great apostasy against God. 

The Bible contains several references bearing on the 
causes of his apostasy, and from a study of these passages 
a clear idea can be gained as to the reasons for the transforma- 
tion of Lucifer into the devil. 

In speaking of the qualifications of a bishop, or elder, 
in the church of Christ, Paul uses this language: "Not a novice, 
lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation 
of the devil." 1 Tim. 3: 6. Such a remark would be without 
point unless it had been a known and accepted fact that the 
devil had been condemned for pride. 

While Lucifer in heaven occupied a highly exalted station, 
there were beings who were far above him. These were the 
Father and the Son. The angels worshiped the Father as 

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Creator of all things, and the Son was co-equal with the Father 
in creation, and the Father had said, "Let all the angels of 
God worship him." Heb. 1:6. Therefore the Son also re- 
ceived the worship of the heavenly host, and, with the rest, 
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The Son of God was supreme over all the works of crea- 
tion, for he was "the express image " of the Father's person, 
"the brightness of his glory, " and he upheld "all things by 
the word of his power." Heb. 1: 3. High over all the angels 
of heaven he reigned, and over the unnumbered intelligences 
of the other worlds, and his rule was a rule of love. The angels 
delighted to serve and obey him. 

A Service of Love 

This service and obedience was that of love, a love which 
was the result of their knowledge and appreciation of the 
character of Christ. This is the only kind of service that God 
desires, and he does desire this from all his creatures. He 
takes no delight in forced obedience, and all the creatures 
whom he has brought into existence have been given freedom of 
will to serve him or not as they may choose. But until Lucifer 
apostatized, all the angels had chosen to obey and serve God, 
knowing, as they did, the beauty and righteousness of his 
character. Everything throughout the vast reaches of the 
heavenly kingdom had been perfectly harmonious. The ut- 
most joy and delight was taken by the heavenly host in ful- 
filling the purpose of their Creator. They loved God su- 
premely, and each other unselfishly. 

But a change came. Lucifer found the adoration and 
high regard of the angels who were under his leadership very 
pleasant and gratifying, and earnestly desired it to continue 
and increase. But there was One whom they honored and 
adored more than they did himself, yea, they even worshiped 
him, the Prince of the kingdom, the Son of God. Dissatis- 
faction crept into the heart of Lucifer, and he began to look 
upon the high position of the Son of God with envy and desire. 
Instead of banishing these thoughts at once, he cherished them, 
turning them over in his mind, until he became convinced 
that for such a bright and glorious and wise being as himself 
to be kept in a subordinate position was the height of injustice. 
"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast 
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness. " Eze. 28 : 17. 

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the feeling took possession of him that the more exalted posi- 
tion which he believed his talents and ability and attributes 
entitled him to occupy was being unjustly kept from him. 
His heart grew sore and resentful, he coveted the honor and 
worship which was rendered to Christ. 

This mighty angel forgot that all his talents and ability 
and glory came from his Creator. He forgot that he had nothing 
and was nothing except as it had been given to him by God. 
He came to believe that his attributes pertained solely to 
himself, and he began to look upon himself as a rival to God 
in the government of the universe who had been unjustly de- 




A service of love*. 

prived of his rights by One stronger than himself. He deter- 
mined to secure these rights at all hazards. "Thou hast said 
in thine heart, ... I will exalt my throne above the 
stars of God: . . .1 will be like the most High." Isa. 
14:13, 14. 

Having conceived this purpose in his heart, Lucifer did 
not come out openly against God at once, but went silently 




Game in progress. 




Game won. 
THE GAME OF LIFE. 



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The Apostasy of Satan 47 

about the work of sowing seeds of rebellion among the other 
angels. Heretofore he had sought to make God supreme in 
the thoughts and affections of those under his leadership, 
but he now sought to secure their allegiance and loyalty to 
himself. 

The Harmony of Heaven Broken 

Thus was broken that perfect harmony which had existed 
in heaven. So insidiously did Lucifer press his insinuations 




Game lost. 

and covert suggestions against the justice of God that they 
were not at first recognized by the other angels in their true 
light. Some manifested sympathy for Lucifer, and took his side. 
It is believed that Revelation 12: 4 indicates that the number 
of the angels who united with Lucifer in his revolt against 
the government of God was one-third of the total number 
of the angels in heaven. 

And now began that war in heaven of which John, in his 
vision on Patmos, was given a view which covered its entire 
history, from the time of its origin in heaven to its close in 



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Satan 




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Satan leads men into gross idolatry. 



the destruction of the enemies of God in the lake of fire at the 
close of the millennium. 

God did not permit this disaffection to spread to all the 
universe. This would have been unwise. He made provision 
for it to be limited within certain confines. To this end, as the 
first result of the rebellion, Satan and his angels were expelled 
from heaven, being cast out into this earth. 

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against 
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither 



The Apostasy of Satan 



49 



was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast 
out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the 
whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out 
with him. " Rev. 12:7-9. 

Satan knew that it was the plan of God to people this 
earth, as the other worlds had been peopled, with a race of 
intelligent creatures, and he determined to thwart this plan 
by causing the human race to join him in his revolt against 
the Majesty of heaven. 




"And causes them to torture themselves in all sorts of ways." 




The first death. 



CHAPTER VI 

THE FALL OF MAN 

THE purpose of God in creating the earth was that it might be 

inhabited by a pure and holy race of beings. He declares: 

u He created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited." 

Isa. 45: 18. In accordance with this purpose, "God created 

man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; 

male and female created he them." Gen. 1:27. 

His purpose for the human race is outlined in this language : 

"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and 
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over 
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing 
that moveth upon the earth. " Gen. 1:28. 

When man was placed upon the earth he was crowned 
with "honor and glory," and made but a "little lower than 
the angels." Ps. 8:5. And God meant that men should con- 
tinue to retain this likeness to himself not only in physical 
form, but also in character. He designed that this earth should 
be the abiding place of purity and holiness. 

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The Fall of Man 



51 



The Divine Plan 

Man was to multiply on the face of the earth. That is, 
he was to bring into existence a great multitude of beings such 
as he was himself, pure and holy, all of them retaining their 
likeness to God. These beings were never to die, for they were 
to have a ccess to the tree of life which was placed in the midst 
of the garden of Eden, the fruit of which they might " freely eat. " 
And as they increased and filled the 'earth they were to con- 
stitute the kingdom of God on earth, which, as each subject 
possessed eternal life, was to remain on the earth forever. 

God also instructed them to " subdue" the earth. As 
children were born and went out over the earth, they were to 
take the garden of 
Eden which God 
had planted in the 
east as an example 
of what they were 
to make the entire 
earth. It was the 
design of God that 
the whole earth 
should become a 
great paradise for 
the dwelling-place 
of the creatures he 
had made. 

A Reminder of 
God's Sover- 
eignty 

In the garden 
of Eden, "out of 
the ground made 
the Lord God to 
grow every tree that 
is pleasant to the 
sight, and good for 
food; the tree of life 



also in the midst of 
the garden, and the 




•'The right to eat of the tree of life was taken 

away, and the first pair were driven 

from the garden." 



52 Satan 

tree of knowledge of good and evil." Gen. 2:9. There was 

nothing lacking in the garden which would have been for the 

welfare of man. 

"And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden 
to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 
Of every tree of the garden thou may est freely eat: but of the tree of the 
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that 
thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen. 2: 15-17. 

This tree was placed there as a constant and ever present 
reminder of the sovereignty and ownership of God, and as 
a test of their love and obedience to their Creator. The warn- 
ing not to eat of this tree was the only restriction placed upon 
them as to the use of all that was in the garden. Therefore it 
was the only possible point of attack on the part of the devil. 

Perfect in symmetry, beauty and stature, the first pair 
were the head of the creation. All things were placed under 
their feet. Under their dominion was placed every living thing 
on the earth. And they enjoyed unrestricted communion 
with their Creator, speaking with him face to face. Their 
visitors and companions were the angels of heaven, who doubt- 
less told them of the fall of Satan and his hosts, and warned 
them to be on their guard against his wiles. 

Satan saw the peace and joy of the holy pair in the garden, 
and was tormented by this reminder of the happiness which 
he had forever forfeited. Determined to thwart God's plan, 
he set himself to undermine the loyalty and allegiance of man- 
kind to God, and to take him captive, thus ruining his happi- 
ness, while at the same time gaining him as an adherent in his 
controversy with the Father. Fondly hoping to defeat the plans 
of God in the creation of the earth and the race, he laid his 
plans to deceive and cause the fall of man. 

The Temptation of Eve 

Knowing that the man had been warned against him 
as the one who had been cast out of heaven, he realized that 
he could not appear to him openly. So he chose as his instru- 
ment one of the creatures which God had made, hoping if 
he succeeded that the man would be led to charge God with 
fault. The serpent at that time was one of the most beautiful 
of animals, having wings with which it flew into the trees, 
where it nourished itself with fruit. Speaking through the 



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The Fall of Man 55 

serpent, Satan caused Eve first to doubt the wisdom of God in 
withholding the fruit of this tree from them, boldly declaring 
that God knew all the time that if they did eat it they would 
become as wise and powerful as himself. Then, leading her 
on, he told her that God merely designed to frighten her 
by telling her that she should die if she ate of the fruit, that 
there was no truth in such a statement, and no harm in the fruit. 
Believing the words of the arch-deceiver, which ran so 




UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD 

As a result of the fall often men have been thrown into the horrors of war. 

closely by the side of her own desire, Eve took the fruit of the 
tree as it was handed her by the serpent, and ate it. Under 
the influence of the devil, she imagined that she was becoming 
like a god. Rejoicing in what she mistakenly thought was 
a new and higher state of existence, she immediately thought 
of Adam, and gathering more of the forbidden fruit she hastened 
to him with it, urging him to eat, relating her own ex- 
perience, assured him that the fruit was perfectly harm- 
less. 



56 Satan 

The Fall of Adam 

In utter dismay Adam listened to his wife, fully recogniz- 
ing that she had been overthrown by the very enemy against 
whom the angels had warned them. He realized that this 
sin of hers would eternally separate her from him, unless he* 
ate with her of the fruit, and he resolved that if she was to die 
he would die with her. He would at least join her in her fate. 
Taking some of the fruit, he ate of it. 

It was not long until the guilty pair in the garden fully 
realized what they had done. A fear of the consequences 
of their transgression took possession of them, and when they 
heard the voice of Jehovah in the garden they hastily hid them- 
selves, feeling that they could not look into his face. They 
saw themselves as they were, and they were afraid of God. 

In answering the question God asked him, "Hast thou 
eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou should- 
est not eat?" Adam was forced to tell of his sin, but in doing 
so he laid the blame on the woman and on God by saying, 
"The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me 
of the tree, and I did eat. " Turning to the woman, God said, 
"What is this that thou hast done?" And she also joined in 
a covert reproach against God by saying, "The serpent be- 
guiled me, and I did eat?" Gen. 3:11,12. 

Under a Divine Sentence 

By this sin of our first parents the sentence of death was 
passed upon all mankind. A curse was pronounced upon the 
ground, and man was condemned to a life of toil. The right 
to eat of the tree of life was taken away, and the first pair were 
driven from the garden, angels being placed at its entrance to 
keep them from entering and partaking again of the tree of 
life. With deepest sorrow they left their Eden home. 

But here, at the very beginning of their new life, a gleam 
of hope was given to them which kept them from being al- 
together cast down. In cursing the serpent for his deception, 
God had said: 

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between 
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his 
heel." Gen. 3:15. 

In these words the exiled pair found a promise of ulti- 



The Fall of Man 57 

mate victory over sin and death, though they saw also that there 
would be constant strife and warfare between themselves and 
their mighty foe. But they knew that the way would be opened 
so that 'they would not be utterly abandoned to the power 
of the devil, and in this promise they rested in hope. 




Adam and Eve cast out. 



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UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD 

A heavy toll. 



CHAPTER VII 

WHY DID GOD PERMIT SIN? 

TT is impossible to discuss the origin of sin without the question 
arising, Why was sin permitted? If God knows all things, 
— the end from the beginning — he surely knew what the result 
of sin would be if it were permitted to obtain a foothold in this 
earth. Why, then, did he allow it? We are instructed that 
God loves his children even more than human parents love 
their children, and that he continually seeks to bring blessings 
into their lives and guard them against harm. Why, then, 
knowing, as he did, all that sin would mean, did he permit 
this flood-tide of evil, sin, misery, anguish, disease, sorrow, 
and death to sweep over the world where he had placed the 
human race? 

We may be sure that God has a purpose in it all, and 
that his purpose is good. As we study this purpose and the 
reasons why he permitted sin to find an entrance into this 
world, we shall see that this, too, is but an additional demon- 
stration of the unfailing love and justice of God for all his 
creatures. 

We must consider at the very outset of our study that 
the angels were in a much more difficult position to judge 
what the outcome of sin would mean than we are. They 
knew nothirg of sin, while we have had a practical demon- 
stration of evil and its consequences during the entire period 

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Why Did God Permit Sin? 



59 



of our lives, and we know from experience that sin is an evil 
thing, and will result only in evil. None of the created intel- 
ligences of the other worlds had known anything of sin. They 
had never seen anyone sin. No such thing existed. 

Freedom of Choice 

They were under a beneficent government which they 
knew was good, but there was no way by which they could be 
sure that another form of government would not be better, 
for there was no other form, and never had been. They had 
never known anything but the principles which governed the 
great kingdom of heaven. It is true that the knowledge of 
these principles was sufficient for their eternal happiness. 
But as they were free moral agents, and could choose to dis- 
obey God as well as obey him, there is no question that thoughts 
must have entered their minds as to what the results of dis- 
obedience would be. Doubtless there was a tendency to ex- 
periment with the law of God, and a wonder as to what would 




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Like fire, rebellion must be limited. 



60 Satan 

occur if it was broken. Even before Lucifer indulged in such 
thoughts and permitted them to lead him into outright re- 
bellion and revolt, there may have been other angels who had 
struggled with the same impulses. But these others had sup- 
pressed them, and resisted them, and put them away as un- 
worthy, and continued their unswerving loyalty to God. 

Lucifer, however, turned these things over in his mind 
and cherished them, and permitted his mind to dwell long on 
them, until with his desire for self-exaltation they swept him 
from his moorings and out into open rebellion against God. 
God saw that in the sight of all the inhabitants of the uni- 
verse, there must be such a demonstration of what sin is and 
what its results would be, as would enable them to see 
and know and understand that the principles of the kingdom 
of God were based upon love and mercy and justice, and 
that no better form of government was possible. Until such 
a demonstration was made before the angels, it is plain that 
there would always be the tendency upon their part to ex- 
periment with sin. There was but one way for them ever 
really to know what the result of sin would be, and that was to 
permit them to see a demonstration of it with their own eyes. 

Limiting the Rebellion 

So when one of their number, Lucifer, began to question 
the justice of God and the wisdom of the principles under- 
lying his government, for the sake of the eternal happiness 
of all his creatures God permitted Lucifer to carry forward 
his work of rebellion. He permitted him fully to develop his 
plans, though the time came when it would have been folly 
to allow him to develop them in heaven itself, and thus involve 
some from all the worlds in the destruction which must in- 
evitably come upon sin and sinners. Hence God limited the 
field of Lucifer's operations by casting him and his angels out 
into the earth. 

When it became plain that there was no hope of saving 
Lucifer himself, instead of immediately destroying him God 
permitted him to continue his work of rebellion, and thus 
demonstrate before all the universe the righteousness and 
holiness and love of God. 

It will help us to understand the wisdom of God in per- 




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Satan 




Satan excites the passions of men and children by the 
dramatization of vice and crime. 

mitting Satan to continue his work if we consider the results 
which would have followed if God had taken the opposite 
course and destroyed him at once when it became evident 
that he would not return to his allegiance fo God. 

Voluntary, Not Compulsory Service Desired 

Suppose, then, in order to protect the inhabitants of 
heaven and of all the worlds from contact with sin, God had 



Why Did God Permit Sin? 



63 



destroyed Lucifer at once. There is no question that he could 
have done so, and the fact that he did not do so is evidence 
that there was a wiser course to follow. To have destroyed 
Satan at once, while it would have checked one rebel, 
would not have destroyed the spirit of rebellion. In fact, 
it would have spread it. As soon as such an act had been 
performed, all of the remainder of God's creatures would have 
served God indeed for a time, but from the motive of fear 
rather than love. Their service would have been based upon 
the fear of punishment if they did not render service, and in 
their minds all the charges which Lucifer had advanced against 
God and his government would have been substantiated, 
and the government of God would have appeared to them 
nothing less than a despotism. The rebellion would not have 
been destroyed, for other angels would have arisen to lead 
their fellows in throwing off what would have been considered 
an intolerable yoke of bondage. 

And God does not desire the service of fear. He takes 




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64 Satan 

no pleasure in compulsory obedience. He is not a monster 
whose anger must be appeased. He delights in voluntary ser- 
vice, the service which is prompted by love which dwells in 
the hearts of his creatures for him. This is the only worship 
which is acceptable to him. God considered the fall of a race 
a lesser evil than compulsory obedience, a fact which some 
churchmen and some statesmen w6uld do well to consider 
when they attempt to compel obedience by law to certain 
religious observances. 

Thus in order to win voluntary service and allegiance 
on the part of all the created intelligences of the universe, 
God permitted Satan to continue in his course of rebellion, thus 
affording to the entire universe a demonstration of his un- 
changeable love and righteousness. 

The Lesson-book of the Universe 

And so this world became the lesson-book of the universe. 
The rebellion against the government of God was confined 
here. Satan led his hosts of evil angels to this planet, and 
laid before them his plans to strike a blow against the govern- 
ment of God by conquering the race which God was to bring 
into existence here. And all the creatures in heaven and on 
other planets are permitted to view the conflict between 
sin and righteousness, between Christ and Satan, on this 
planet, where they have been given a view of its entire course, 
its terrible consequences, and its ultimate destruction. And 
when the controversy is finished, and sin is finally destroyed, 
they will have been profoundly convinced that God is just 
and true and merciful. 

And the inhabitants of this planet, the human race> were 
not utterly abandoned to their great foe. In the very begin- 
ning they were warned of the danger of his attacks, and had 
they stood firmly against his temptations they need never 
have been overcome. Even after yielding to Satan, and thus 
becoming his lawful captives, they were assured of a great 
Deliverer who would break the power of sin for every soul 
who accepts him. No human being is left to cope with sin 
alone. Every one has the assurance of help from God to over- 
come the devil. Not one need be lost. God gives this promise 
to all: 



Why Did God Permit Sin? 65 

"Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive de- 
livered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be 
taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will con- 
tend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children." 
Isa. 49:24, 25. 

In consequence of having been involved in this experi- 
ence with sin upon this planet, the inhabitants of this world 
who accept the salvation which has been provided for them 
through the Redeemer of the world will be highly exalted, and 
will occupy a higher station in the world to come than they 
would have occupied if sin had not entered this world. This 
world is to become the center of the universe of God; the 
great King of kings himself is to dwell here; the capital city 
of the universe, the heavenly Jerusalem, is to come down 
from God out of heaven to rest upon the earth; and the redeemed 
of the Lord are to constitute a special body-guard for King 
Immanuel, when sin and sinners are to be no more and every- 
thing is made new. 




The city of God. 




INTERNATIONAL 



Desecration of the house of worship. 



CHAPTER VIII 

THE LOST DOMINION AND THE GOD OF THIS 

WORLD 



AA/HEN God made Adam, he made him the head of the 
creation on this planet. Adam was to "have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over 
every living thing that moveth upon the earth." Gen. 1: 28. 
And David declares that God made man 

"to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all 
things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 
the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through 
the paths of the seas." Ps. 8: 6-8. 

Adam was the head of the race, the governor of the world. 
This earth was his kingdom, his dominion, and everything in 
it was to be under his direction. As the first created being on 
this earth, he was to be the representative of God here, and 
was also to be the representative of the human race in the 
councils of God. 

Thus when Adam was overthrown by Satan in the garden 
of Eden, more was involved than the fall of man. The do- 
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The Lost Dominion and the God of This World 67 

minion of this earth passed under the sway of a new ruler. 
Satan took Adam's place as the governor of the planet, and 
the human race passed under his dominion. He now became 
the "god of this world. " 2 Cor. 4:4. The dominion of the 
race was wrested from man in this battle with the devil, and 
both he and the planet fell under the control of sin and un- 
righteousness. This is vividly illustrated in the words Satan 
spoke to Christ in the wilderness of temptation, when he 

"shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory 
of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give #." 
Luke 4: 5, 6. 

Thus Satan claimed to be a king and a god. And, within 
certain limits, his claim was true. From the statements of the 
Bible there can be no doubt that the devil is a prince, or head, 
over evil angels, over men, and over a world of spiritual dark- 
ness. 

And his kingdom is a great kingdom. He wields almost 
unlimited power. His territory includes the entire earth. His 




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The hand of the destroyer was heavy upon these poor Armenians. 



68 Satan 

subjects are numbered by the tens of millions. The angels 
who fell with him are myriads in number, and they render 
him complete service. They are always ranging about in his 
work, unwearied, unsleeping, vigilant and watchful, and with 
great power. 

The Government of Fallen Angels 

Certain expressions in the Scriptures seem to indicate 
that there is an organized government among the fallen angels. 
There can be no doubt that Lucifer is head of this government, 
for he is spoken of in the Bible as " Beelzebub, the prince of 
the devils." Matt. 12:24. And that there is some system of 
organization among them will be evident from the fact that the 
agencies of his monarchy of evil are entitled "principalities," 
or dominions, "powers," or authorities, "rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world," "spiritual wickedness in high places." 
Eph. 6: 12. And that there is an unholy unity of action and 
purpose in the kingdom of darkness, is made clear in that 
statement of Christ's in which he speaks of the unclean spirit 
going out of a man and, finding no place of habitation, taking 
with him seven other spirits more foul than himself, and re- 
entering the man. In this there are clear hints of organiza- 
tion and oneness of purpose. 

As has been said, the invisible empire of the devil also 
extends over the human race as the result of the fall of our 
first parents. And over the hearts of fallen man his dominion 
has been well nigh complete. This control of the human race 
and the sinful heart is represented by Christ as being like a 
strong man garrisoned and so holding his palace in peace. 
Luke 11:21. And this peace is the peace of spiritual death. 
And if this peace should be disturbed, and the captive learn 
that there is hope of deliverance in One who is stronger than 
the devil, then the prince of the devils brings all his great 
"power," his "wiles," his "devices," his "fiery darts," to 
bear upon his escaping victim to drag him back into cap- 
tivity. Luke 22:53; Eph. 6: 11; 2 Cor. 2: 11; Eph. 6: 16. 

Thus as in this world of men the stronger ever gain control 
and finally reduce the weak to their rule, so in this spiritual 
kingdom, the higher order of apostate beings exercise dominion 
and headship over the lower. The angelic principalities and 



The Lost Dominion and the God of This World 69 

powers, by reason of their great subtlety and superior wisdom, 
have a great advantage over fallen men, and lead them cap- 
tive in the chains of sin and corruption. 

Control of a World of Fallen Men 

And, as has also been pointed out, Satan's control is not 
only over demons and men, but also over the earth itself, 
which he gained in his warfare with the one to whom God 
committed it. All things were placed under the feet of Adam, 
the whole earth being in subjection to him. But he did not 
retain this exalted position of power and authority, for he 
himself fell under subjection to the devil. And with him the 
dominion passed under the same control. This world became 
the possession of Satan at the fall of man, and thus became 
the home of the great revolt against the government of heaven. 
Here Satan was to carry out and put into practice his princi- 
ples of government, which he claimed were far superior to those 
which lay at the foundation of the government of heaven. 
And this was to be done in the sight of the angels and the 
inhabitants of the other w T orlds. They were to view it all as 
a demonstration of what the results must be of a rebellion 
against God. . ' 

It will be well for the reader ever to bear in mind the 
truths of this chapter, remembering that the devil is the prince 
or head of a powerful and active legion of demons, their common 
purpose being to draw us away from God, and their superior 
powers making them more than a match for our poor strength; 
that the devil is also the "god of this world, " a world of fallen 
men, and that he has a restricted dominion over our corrupt 
natures; that his dominion stretches also over the invisible 
world about us, and that he is ever presenting it to our natural 
eyes clothed in such fascinating beauty and attractiveness as 
to dim our faith in the invisible and spiritual world to which 
God has bidden us look.. These things being true, how 
greatly do we need God's power in our lives, and hence how 
earnestly do we need to pray, to watch, and to be on our guard 
as we come into daily contact with these hosts of spiritual 
and secret enemies of our souls. 





CHAPTER IX 

HEAVEN'S GREAT COUNCILS 

TN the government of the great kingdom of God, which com- 
prises the universe, all the worlds are represented. At cer- 
tain periods the great council of heaven is called into session 
by Jehovah, and in these sessions each world has its repre- 
sentative. This representative is the governor of the world 
from which he comes, the one who was created first on that 
world. 

» When God created this earth he placed Adam at the head 
of his creation, subjecting everything in the world to his rule. 
Adam in this position was not only to be the representative 
of God on this planet, the vicegerent of God for this world, 
but he was also to represent this planet in the council meet- 
ings of heaven. 

Undoubtedly this same plan was followed in the creation 
of the other worlds. The first created being was placed at 
the head of the government of that world, and all things in 
it were placed under his dominion. He was the representa- 
tive of God on that planet, and in the councils of heaven it 
would be his place to represent his world. 

When the call is issued for a council meeting in the courts 
of heaven, the heads of the myriads of worlds in the universe 
assemble before God, and begin the session of their great 
parliament or council. 

Into these wonderful councils of heaven Adam would 
have been permitted to enter and speak for this world as its 
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representative, if sin had not separated him from his Maker. 
When he sinned, not only he but the world as well revolted 
against the government of God. Adam did not retain his posi- 
tion as the head of this creation, with all things in subjection 
under him, but he fell under subjection himself to one who 
was stronger than he. Satan conquered him, and thus took 
his place as governor of this world, with all things in subjec- 
tion to him as they had been to Adam. He became "the god 
of this world.' ' 

These heads or governments of the various worlds are 
called "the sons of God." They are sons of God in a more 
immediate sense than any other of his creatures, because of 
the fact that they have never known any other parentage, 
being created directly by their heavenly Father, as was Adam. 

The One Lost World 

In the parable of 
the lost sheep Jesus de- 
scribed this earth in its 
wandering away from 
God by the entrance of 
sin. There was but one 
sheep which left the 
fold, and that was this 
earth. Sin has never en- 
tered the other worlds. 
"The host of heaven 
worshippeth thee." 
Neh. 9:6. The ninety 
and nine were never lost, 
but remained in the fold. 
But one wandered away, 
and the great heart of 
the Father of love could 
not bear the thought of 
this separation. So out 
in the wilderness and 
darkness, and over the 
mountains of sin, he sent 

" his Onlv begotten Son, " , The one lost sheep. 




72 Satan 

to win this world back to its allegiance to God, and to reunite 

the entire universe. 

When sin entered this world, Satan not only overthrew 

Adam and conquered this part of the territory of the kingdom 

of God, but he also won the place in the councils of heaven 

which belonged to Adam, and became the representative of 

this planet in that council. In harmony with this is the record: 

"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present them- 
selves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them." Job 1: 6. 

Here the great arch-rebel again appears at the gate of 
heaven, from which he had been cast out. But he came now, 
not because of the position he once occupied before his fall, 
but by reason of the fact that he had conquered one of the 
worlds which composed the kingdom of heaven, and had thus 
taken the place of its rightful representative in heaven's great 
councils. 

"And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan 
answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from 
walking up and down in it." Job 1:7. 

This privilege which Satan Bad of appearing in the coun- 
cils of heaven he retained only until the time when the second 
Adam overcame him and wrested from him his possession of 
the earth. Since that time he has not been permitted in the 
councils of God. 

" The Accuser of Our Brethren " 

It will be asked why Satan desired to appear in heaven 
when he had nothing in common with its inhabitants and 
must have felt very much out of place. He appeared there 
as "the accuser of our brethren." Rev. 12: 10. He went 
there to charge the people of God with sin, to argue that as 
sinners he was their master, and that God should permit 
him to have complete control over them; to bring reproach 
against those whom God loved; and to point out before all the 
representatives of other worlds that in spite of all God's power 
he could not keep his people from sinning. Doubtless he 
took great delight in recounting how he had caused Moses 
to sin on the border of the promised land, thus keeping him 
from entering into Canaan, how David had fallen through 
his sin with Uriah's wife, how he had overthrown Solomon, 



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and how he had won God's people away from their heavenly 
allegiance. It causes great glee in the camp of Satan when he 
succeeds in leading any of the professed people of God to sin. 
Thus in the councils of heaven before the first coming of 
Christ, Satan appeared as the representative of the human 
race and of this earth. It is not a pleasing thought, and our 
thoughts go forward with eagerness to the time when his 
control of this planet would be broken, and the human race 
would obtain a better representation in the courts of heaven. 




Satan has control cf thij planet. 




Birth of Jesus 



CHAPTER X 

CHRIST REGAINS THE WORLD 

CATAN, though he had gained the world by causing the fall 
of man, was not to be left in undisputed possession of it. 
In the promise given the woman in the garden of Eden that 
her seed should bruise the serpent's head, there was an as- 
surance that an attempt would be made on the part of God 
to win back this earth to its first allegiance. Satan saw in 
this promise that his control of the world and of the human 
race would be disputed. 

Satan attempted to prevent the coming of the Seed of 
the woman, but in this he was defeated. And as the time 
drew near for the coming of the Seed, when God was about 
to send his only begotten Son into the world to wrest it from 
the grasp of the devil and win it back to its allegiance to his 
Father, Sat^n drew his lines closer and planned with grim 
determination to overthrow_Christ if possible. 
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"At the age of twelve he was taken by his parents to Jerusalem." 

Satan had studied the prophecies of the Bible, and 
knew that Christ would be born in Bethlehem. When his 
birth took place, and Satan was certain that the child was 
indeed the Christ (for he heard the message of the angels 
to the shepherds and beheld the coming of the wise men from the 
East), he immediately attempted to destroy the infant Saviour 



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b y arousing the 
jealousy of Herod. 
Herod sent soldiers 
to Bethlehem to 
destroy all the male 
children under the 
age of two years, 
in the hope that 
the One who was 
to be "the king of 
the Jews' ' might 
perish with the 
rest. 

But God pro- 
tected the helpless 
child from the 
wrath of Satan, 
and Joseph, being 
warned by an angel, 





"The weight of the sins of the world was upon him." 



Jesus led by the spirit into the wilderness. 

fled with Mary and 
Jesus into Egypt. 
Here they remained 
until Herod died, 
and then returned 
and took up their 
residence at Nazar- 
eth in Galilee. Here 
the young child 
received his early 
training from his 
mother, and grew 
in knowledge and 
grace. At the age 
of twelve he was 
taken by his par- 
ents to Jerusalem, 
and in witnessing 
the sacrifice of the 
lamb in the temple 



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"They hurried him before Annas and Caiaphas and then before Pilate." 

saw his own great life mission opening before him. 

% For eighteen years after this journey to Jerusalem he re- 
mained with his parents in the home at Nazareth, quietly 
doing the work of a carpenter in the humble little village. 
And then at the age of thirty, recognizing his call in the preach- 
ing of John the Baptist, he started upon his work of ministry, 
which was to lead him to the cross. 

The Temptation in the Wilderness 

Immediately upon the beginning of his ministry, as soon 
as he was anointed as the Messiah at his baptism, he was 
met and opposed by Satan. Having fasted forty days in the 
wilderness, and being very hungry, he was visited by a being 
in the form of a bright, beautiful angel. This being talked 



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with him, and said that if he were indeed the Son of God, 
as he had just been told at his baptism, it would be an easy 
matter to demonstrate that fact by turning stones into bread, 
and thus appeasing his hunger. But Christ had come to take 
the place of mankind, and to suffer with those he came to save, 
and therefore he was not to use his divine power to help him- 
self. He refused to exercise his power in his own behalf. 

After failing also in tempting Christ to cast himself down 
from a pinnacle of the temple and thus presume upon the 
protecting care of God, Satan revealed himself to Christ in 
his true character. He openly avowed himself to be Lucifer 
who had sinned in heaven. And, he declared, he knew full 
well why Christ had come into the world. He knew he had 
come to try to regain the world from the power of Satan. 
He pointed out that to do this Christ would be compelled to 
die a most ignominious death and to undergo almost unbearable 
suffering. And then he declared such a course to be entirely 
unnecessary. If Christ had come to obtain the world, he need 
not travel such a blood-stained path and die such a terrible 
death. The world was in Satan's power, and he could give 
it to whomsoever he would. Taking Christ to a high moun- 
tain, he 

"sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and 
saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and 
worship me. " Matt? 4: 8, 9. 

It was a temptation indeed. The world was the very 
thing Christ had come to win. He was now told that he could 
have it all, and need not endure the shame and ignominy of 
the cross in order to secure it. But he saw at once that to 
take it on such terms as were offered by Satan would be to 
acknowledge all that Satan had contended for in heaven — that 
he was superior to Christ, and that he must hold the dominion 
of the earth subject to Satan. Seeing that the great conflict 
of the ages would be eternally decided in favor of Satan if 
he accepted this proposition, he turned to him with the words, 
"Get thee hence, Satan." He determined to go on with his 
work of establishing a kingdom of righteousness and truth, 
though the decision meant that he must go down into the 
valley of the shadow of death. 

Defeated in his purpose, Satan nevertheless was deter- 



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mined that even yet he would prevent Christ from gaining 
the victory. He buffeted him at every step, harassed him 
wherever he went. He caused the Jewish leaders to reject 
him. He did all he could to oppose and destroy his work. 
And finally he moved Judas to betray him into the hands of 
his enemies. He was betrayed for the price of a slave — thirty 
pieces of silver. 

The Weight of the Sins of the World 

The strongest temptation with which Satan wrung the 
heart of Jesus was when he came into the garden of Geth- 
semane. Here the weight of the sins of the world was felt 
by Christ with all its awful force. He saw that he must die 
with these sins upon him, bearing also the frown of God be- 
cause of these sins. Tempted to think that this might mean 
that he was never to have a resurrection, but must bear the 
frown of God forever, and thus be forever separated from his 
Father by death, Christ cried out, "O my Father, if it be 
possible, let this cup pass from me." Matt. 26 : 39. He was 
unable to see that he could ever be brought from the tomb 
if he died with the sins of the world upon him. His own 
future was all dark. 

It was here that the fiercest temptations of the devil 
wrung the agonized heart of Christ. Almost he was tempted 
to let man bear the consequences of his own guilt, and die 
for his own sins, while he gave up the attempt and returned 
to that place which he occupied with the Father before the 
world was created. The sacrifice to be made for sinners seemed 
almost too great, if it meant that he must be blotted out of 
the universe. "The wages of sin is death," and eternal death. 
And Christ had volunteered to suffer for sin in the place of the 
sinner. Now the sins of the world were upon him, and he was 
realizing all their terrible guilt for the first time. He experi- 
enced what the sinner will feel when he suffers the consequences 
of transgression. 

Punishment for Sin not Eternal Torment 

It is taught by many that the punishment of the wicked 
will be eternal torment in hell fire. But this can not be true, 
for if it were, then Christ, in taking our punishment upon 
himself must remain forever in torment. If eternal conscious 



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punishment is the lot of the lost sinner, then Christ could 
never have been released from the suffering which it would 
be necessary for him to bear in order to save us from it. But 
eternal death and separation from God, and not eternal tor- 
ment, is the wages of sin. And it is evident that Christ could 
not take our place as our sin-bearer without experiencing 
the awful fear and dread of separation from God. It was this 
thought that forced from his pores while in the garden the 
sweat which "was as it were great drops of blood falling down 
to the ground." Luke 22:44. His Father's face was hidden 
from him, he was conscious of his Father's frown, he felt that 
the burden of the world's sin which he bore was separating 
him from God and that if he should die with these sins upon 
him he could not hope for a resurrection. He was unable to 
see tnrough the grave, his hope in the future was dimmed, 
and the agony seemed more than he could bear. 

Will he make the sacrifice? Will the Son of God take the 
place of the human race and die in man's stead? The fate of 
the world hung upon the answer. 

When the struggle seemed about to become too great 
for his strength, he was given a view of the human race which 
he came to save. He saw it lost in sin, under condemnation 
of death and eternal separation from God. He saw that unless 
he took upon himself its guilt and its punishment, the race 
must perish. He saw that it could never enter the pearly gates 
of the heavenly city unless he laid down his life for it. He saw 
that no human being could ever walk on the streets of gold 
throughout all the ages of eternity unless he should carry out 
the purpose for which he came to the earth. It was either 
his life or theirs. It was separation from God for himself or 
for them. Some one must die for that broken law, and it was 
either the race as a whole or the sacrifice which God had freely 
offered and which Christ had volunteered to be. 

The Great Decision 

With the vision of the lost race before him unless he 
should make the sacrifice, and facing the darkness shrouding 
his own future, Christ made his decision. He would go for- 
ward upon his great mission at any cost to himself. " Having 
loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the 
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%L-. 



"They stretch him upon th© cross and drive the nails through his 
quivering flesh." 



end." John 13:1. He faced again the great decision for 
which he came into the world, and he decided in favor of the 
race which he loved. That his people might live with God 
throughout eternity, though he might not be there himself, 



Christ Regains the World 83 

he decided to take their place, and their guilt, and their fate, 
upon himself and die in their stead. And so he set his face 
steadfastly toward the cross, and as he rose from the ground 
for the last time he cried: 

" If this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will 
be done." Matt, 26:42. 

And so while his disciples slept, the great decision was 
made. Alone, with none to help or comfort, he drained the last 
scalding drop of the fiery cup, the cup which none else could 
drain. If men were to be saved, there was no way out for him 
but this. And having made the decision, his temptation was 
over, — the temptation to escape by his own divine power 
the fate in store for the human race. From this time onward 
the flesh was conquered. He had determined to meet the full 
penalty of sin, and no lesser pain could now make him afraid. 
The priests and rulers might insult and jeer him, the whole 
nation might taunt and gibe, but not one cry will be forced 
from those lips by pain, or thirst, or glaring noonday sun, 
or thorns, or nails, or prison chains, or smiting of sin-stained 
hands. As a sheep before its shearer, so he would be dumb. 

The World's Redeemer 

And so they hurried him before Annas and Caiaphas, and 
then before Pilate, and on to Herod, and back again to Pilate, 
always in the midst of the vociferating crowd, who buffeted 
him, and smote him with the palms of their hands, and spat 
in his face, speaking sneeringly of his birth, and demanding 
that he perform for them a miracle. Coming the last time 
from Pilate's judgment hall after the sentence of crucifixion 
had been pronounced, they crushed down upon the weary head 
the cruel crown of thorns and bowed the knee in mockery, 
and cried, "Hail, King of the Jews! " With no rest through the 
long night, hurried from one proud ruler to another, travel- 
stained, weary, foot-sore, and bruised and lacerated with the 
cruel scourging he had received, now in addition to it all he is 
laden with the weight of the heavy cross, and, with no cover- 
ing on his head from the broiling midday sun but the crown of 
thorns which had torn his brow in heavy gashes, he staggers 
on, the world's Redeemer, through taunts and jeers and mock- 
ing words. 



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Reaching the place of Calvary, they stretch him upon 
the cross and drive the nails through his quivering flesh. Then 
raising the cross with the Saviour upon it they let it drop into 
the hole they had prepared for it, tearing wider the wounds 
of the hands and feet where the nails had pierced. With jeers 
and mockery they watch his dying agonies. And thus the Son 
of God gave up his life for you. 

If Jesus had committed one sin himself he never would 
have been brought from the tomb, and the human race also 
would have been hopelessly lost. But because his own life 
was spotless, and there was not the stain of one sin upon his 
own character, he was brought up again from death. 

In this way Jesus gained the world which had been lost 
by sin. He became the second Adam, and won the victory 
over sin which the first Adam had failed to win. He met the 
devil on his own ground, in his own dominion, and wrested 
the control of the world away from him. He regained the lost 
dominion, and made a way of escape for all who had fallen 
under subjection to the devil. 

And in consequence of his victory he drove Satan out 
of the courts of heaven. Satan can not now appear in the great 
council of heaven, for he does not now represent this earth. 
His dominion has been taken away from him by Christ, and 
now "we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
the righteous. " 1 John 2:1. Our representative in the councils 
of heaven now is the Lord Jesus Christ. We have a friend at 
court. It is of this time that John in the Revelation speaks 
when he says: 

"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, 
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: 
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before 
our God day and night. . . . Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that 
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the 
devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that 
he hath but a short time." Rev. 12: 10, 12. 




PAUIv THOMPSON 



CHAPTER XI 

A MODERN REVIVAL OF DEVILISM AND SORCERY 

QNE of the strongest and most successful attempts of Satan 
to ensnare the people of the world in the last days is the 
present revival of the condemned and prohibited sorcery and 
witchcraft of old. Under the attractive title of " Spiritualism" 
he is sweeping millions into the chains of error and thus leading 
them away from God. Through this system he is performing 
miracles which are attracting the attention of the scientists 
of the world. Any attempt to deal with the work of Satan 
would be incomplete if it did not consider the phenomena of 
Spiritualism. 

Every candid person must admit that a considerable 
portion of this phenomena is fraud, pure and simple, nothing 
but deception and imposture contrived by craft and cunning 
and imposed on the credulity of the simple-minded for the pur- 
pose of personal profit. But there are phenomena connected 
with this system which can not be accounted for on these 

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grounds. There is a supernatural power connected with it. 
This supernatural power, we believe, is of Satan, and not of God. 

Of Ancient Origin 

Spiritualism is not a new development. It is as old as 
the human race. It had its origin in the garden of Eden. The 
first spirit medium on record was the serpent in the garden. 
The fall of man and the ruin of the world was caused by heed- 
ing the counsel of a spirit medium. 

We are told that the serpent was "more subtle than any 
beast of the field which the Lord God had made." Satan 
selected this "subtle" beast as a medium through which to 
manifest his first spiritualistic phenomena. Through the ser- 
pent he spoke to Eve, the first woman, thus using the serpent 
as a medium to deceive her. He spoke to her only in order 
to deceive her. This, in fact, is the purpose of all mediumship. 

It is worthy of more than passing attention that it was 
by believing a spirit medium that this world has been over- 
whelmed with such a flood of sin, disease, sorrow, grief, misery, 
trouble, and death. 

And it is also worthy of notice that if Satan then could 
take possession of the body of an animal or reptile, and so 
control that reptile as to make it appear different than it 
really was, and then through his control of that reptile deceive 
and delude an innocent and unfallen being, we certainly are 
justified in believing today that he can and does exert his 
power now in a similar way to deceive and delude human 
beings; for his power and craft and malice during the six thou- 
sand years since this first spiritualistic manifestation have 
not diminished, but rather increased. Today he still deceives 
and deludes the world through mediums. 

From the time of this first spiritualistic deception until 
the present, Spiritualism has been known and practised. 
Spiritualism is not a new revelation, notwithstanding the 
claim made by Spiritualists that its manifestations today 
are calculated to introduce a new era in the affairs of men 
and produce a much more advanced stage of civilization. 
It is an ancient falsehood. It has existed for ages in the midst 
of heathen darkness. And its presence in heathen and savage 
lands has been marked by no march of progress, by no ad- 



A Modern Revival of Devilism and Sorcery 87 

vance of civilization, by no development of education, by no 
illumination of the mental faculties, by no increase of intelli- 
gence, but its acceptance has been productive of and coexist- 
ent with the most profound ignorance, the most barbarous 
superstitions, the most unspeakable immoralities, the basest 
idolatries, and the worst atrocities which the world has ever 
known. 

Its Modern Development 

The development of Spiritualism in its modern phase 
is of interest, and we here record it. 

Modern Spiritualism had its beginning in Hydesville, 
N. Y., in the year 1848. The first intelligible communication 





Home of John D. Fox. 

of Spiritualism in modern times came in response to a direct 
appeal to Satan himself. In the year mentioned, a farmer, 
by the name of John D. Fox, lived in Hydesville, near Roches- 
ter, N. Y. He was the father of six children, two of whom 
were living at home. These were the youngest children of the 
family, and their names were Margaret, who was fifteen years 
of age, and Kate, aged twelve. They had but recently moved, 
and they found their home disturbed, especially at night, 
by peculiar noises. They attributed these noises at first to 
mice and rats, and then to a loose board. They soon discovered 
that these noises were distinct and intelligent rappings. 

After retiring on the night of March 1, 1848, the parents 



88 Satan 

and children sleeping in the same room, these rappings com- 
menced with greater violence than usual. Mr. Fox arose, tried 
the window sashes, and rinding them all secure , was about to 
return to his rest, when Kate, observing that when he shook 
the sashes the rappings seemed to reply, turned in the direc- 
tion from which the sound seemed to come, and snapped her 
ringer several times, saying, "Here, Old Splitfoot, do as I do." 

Instantly the rappings replied with sharp, distinct taps. 
This frightened the girls so that they had no further desire 
to continue the conversation with "Old Splitfoot. " But the 
mother continued to cultivate his acquaintance until she 
received a message which professed to come from the spirit 
of a man by the name of Charles B. Rosma. This message 
informed her that this man, Rosma, had been murdered in 
that very house some years before. An exact location in the 
cellar of the house was given as the place wherfe his body had 
been buried. On digging there, a considerable portion of a 
human skeleton was discovered, and it was later ascertained 
that a man answering to the description given had visited the 
house and had not been seen again. 

The conclusion was reached that the Fox family were iri 
communication with the spirits of the dead. From this begin- 
ning Spiritualism has developed through various stages to 
its present manifestations. Through table tipping, rapping, 
levitation, moving of material objects, and playing on musical 
instruments, it has passed through the years until today it 
manifests itself, not only in all these older forms, but in what 
has come to be its chief deception, the materialization of spirits 
which it claims are the spirits of the dead. 

Without doubt some of these wonders and antics are 
frauds, tricks, and impositions done by sleight of hand, but 
many of them are so mysterious and remarkable that they 
have produced conviction in the minds of some of the world's 
profoundest thinkers that some strange and unseen intelli- 
gence is thus operating, performing marvels and communi- 
cating information to those who are led to seek the aid of these 
invisible spirts and to submit to their control. 



A Modern Revival of Devilism and Sorcery 89 

Its Fundamental Teaching 

The fundamental teaching of Spiritualism is that there is a 
survival of consciousness and identity after death, and that 
Spiritualism affords a means by which the spirits of the dead 
can communicate with the living. All of its other teachings 
are subordinate to this. All of its phenomena seem to be per- 
formed for the sole purpose of creating in the mind of the 
inquirer the belief in the conscious existence of the dead and 




PAUIy THOMPSON 



Scene illustrating spirit manifestation. 



the possibility of communicating with the spirits of the dead 
through the medium of Spiritualism. Everything that it does 
tends to this one end, leads in this one direction. And so 
remarkable have been its manifestations, and so unaccount- 
able on all natural grounds have been its phenomena, that 
skilled investigators, men of science, publicists, statesmen, 
religious leaders, and leaders in the world of thought have 
been profoundly convinced of the survival of conscious intelli- 
gence after death, and of its ability to communicate with 
the living. 



90 Satan 

We admit that there are mysterious and supernatural 
manifestations in Spiritualism, and freely concede that there 
are evidences of physical power and mental intelligence in 
this system which can not be explained by ordinary scientific 
principles. We concede also that communications are received 
from spirits and from the spirit world. But we insist that the 
power thus exercised is an evil power, the intelligence thus 
manifested is an evil intelligence, and the spirits from whom 
messages are received are not the spirits of the dead at all. 

We know these spirits are not the spirits of the dead 
because the Bible teaches that the dead can not communicate 
with the living. The doctrine upon which the whole system 
of Spiritualism is based, the doctrine of the natural immor- 
tality of the soul, is in contradiction to the plainest state- 
ments of the Word of God. There is no greater evidence of 
the fact that Spiritualism is a delusion than the inspired teach- 
ing of the Scriptures regarding the condition of man in death. 

Inasmuch as this system is sweeping many people from 
their moorings out into a great overwhelming sea of deception, 
it is well that we study what God has to say about it. It is a 
most powerful delusion, and we can not combat its power 
successfully in our own strength. God has given much in- 
struction concerning it in his Word, and this instruction will 
be of the utmost value to every person in meeting the lying 
claims of Spiritualism and overcoming them. 

God Prohibited Spiritualism 

God said to his ancient people, the Israelites : 

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, 
to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God." Lev. 19:31. 

The possession of familiar or controlling spirits is the 
very claim upon which the so-called communication with the 
spirits of the dead is based by spirit mediums. In the above 
verse God forbids his people to have anything to do with those 
who make such claims, and further admonishes them that 
any such connection will be defiling to his followers. 

" And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness 
against the sorcerers." Mai. 3: 5. 

Sorcery was a pretended familiarity with the spirits of 
the dead; that is, it is one of the ancient names of modern 



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PAUL THOMPSON 

Illustration of Lombroso's experience at Lyons, France, while investigating 
the murder of a young bride. 

Spiritualism. And in the passage just quoted God sets him- 
self against it, and declares that his witness and his judgment 
will be against all who practice these abominable occult arts. 

" Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to 
your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, . . . for 
they prophesy a he unto you." Jer. 27: 9, 10. 

Spiritualism pretends to be able to foretell the future 
accurately. This is mere pretension, for it does not know 
the future, much less can it foretell it. Mediums, reasoning 
from cause to effect, and the spirits which control these medi- 
ums, knowing vastly more of the working out of the principles 
of cause and effect, may surmise something of what may com^ 



92 Satan 

to pass, and so may we all, but they have no divine knowl- 
edge of the future. If Spiritualism knew what would happen to- 
morrow and the next day the mediums would undoubtedly be 
the most successful manipulators of the stock market, for they 
would be able to tell whether stocks and bonds were going 
up or down, and thus be far in advance of their competitors. 
They do not know the future, but "they prophesy a lie unto 
you." 

A Divinely Appointed Test 

And it is just on this point that Spiritualism fails to es- 
tablish the truth of its claim to be a divine system of truth. 
God himself has appointed a test which Spiritualism fails to 
meet. This test is as follows: 

" Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, 
saith the King of Jacob. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall 
happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider 
them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. Shew 
the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods." Isa. 
41:21-23. 

If Spiritualism desires to prove that it has not only super- 
natural power, but also divine authority, let it meet this test. 
"Let them shew us things to come." The One who proposes 
this test has submitted to it himself, and the very thing which 
neither man nor evil spirits can do, God has done again and 
again through his prophets. A large portion of the Bible 
consists of prophecies made ages ago, which deal with the 
history of nations, empires, and cities, and accurately fore- 
tell that history. And as the history has unfolded through 
the centuries, these forecasts have proven true, thus establish- 
ing the fact of God's omniscience, and confirming the faith 
of the people of God in the inspiration of the Bible. 

Egypt, in harmony with God's ancient Word, has become 
the " basest of the kingdoms, '" and has not had a native king or 
prince to reign over it for thousands of years. Eze. 29: 15; 
30; Isaiah 19. Babylon, that proud city which set itself up 
against God, has become a desolate heap, uninhabited, and 
a lair for the beasts of the desert. Isa. 13: 19-22. Tyre, which 
once handled the merchandise of the world, has had her walls 
destroyed, her dust scraped from her, and become like the top 
of a rock, a place for the spreading of nets. Eze. 26: 1-5. 
Nineveh, the magnificent capital of a magnificent empire, 



A Modern Revival of Devilism and Sorcery 93 



"the bloody city/' the city "full of lies and robbery," has 
become empty, void, and waste. Nahum 3. These prophecies 
have been fulfilled, with scores of others, and some are 
now being fulfilled, though the men who wrote them under 
inspiration have been dead for thousands of years. 

It is upon evidence such as this that the Christian rests 




In astonomer can foretell the exact time of an eclipse. 



94 Satan 

his faith. Spiritualism has never been able- to produce their 
equal, nor does it offer us anything similar upon which to 
base our belief in its divine origin. Its pretensions vanish 
into thin air when compared with these majestic prophecies 
of the Word of God. The communications received through 
spirit mediums are no more to be compared with the messages 
of the prophets than a counterfeit note can be compared with 
a true note. 

In place of meeting this divinely appointed test to show 
us things to come, Spiritualism tells us merely those things 
which are in the past or present. It is willing to give us the 
names of our fathers, mothers, grandmothers, uncles; aunts, 
children, the dates of their death, and the place of their burial. 
But all such things might be known to those in the flesh as 
well as to the evil spirits which roam through all creation to 
gather information at their leisure. Such information is open 
to all who may care to acquire it. Nor is it sufficient for the 
spirits to give us truthful accounts of happenings which are 
then taking place at some considerable distance, for it must 
be remembered that mortals have produced inventions by 
which information may be sent around the world like a flash 
of lightning. Let them show us things to come. This is the 
divine test. And it is a test no spirit medium has been able 
to endure, or cares to invite. 

Certainly there are some events which spirit mediums may 
be able to foretell. An astronomer can foretell the exact time 
of an eclipse. A criminal can foretell the exact time of a murder 
which he intends to commit. An evil spirit can foretell to a 
medium the exact time of some transaction which the spirits 
intend to bring about. An incendiary can foretell the exact 
time of a fire which he intends to kindle. Those who know 
may foretell the financial ruin of some individual when they 
are planning to bring it about at a certain time. But such 
predictions would not prove the possession of supernatural 
intelligence. And it must be evident to all that no proof of 
divine inspiration is given when predictions are fulfilled, unless 
it can be shown also that they are not based upon previous 
predictions of similar character from which the information 
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Paul casting the spirit of divination out of the damsel. 

An Abomination to the Lord 

"A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, 
shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood 
shall be upon them." Lev. 20:27. 

This was the ancient penalty for attempting to communi- 
cate with the spirits of the dead, and there are those today 
who never cease to deride the Bible for containing such a law. 



96 Satan 

But when men talk, it is well for them to know what they are 
talking about; and when they take a little time and trouble to 
find out, they will discover that the occult and devilish practices 
of ancient Spiritualism not only tended, as they do now, to 
disease, insanity, immorality, and death, but that those who 
practiced these occult arts were too often guilty of the most 
horrible, abominable, and revolting crimes and barbarities, 
which in themselves were sufficient cause to prohibit the 
practices which gave rise to them. It is well, at any rate, to 
learn the estimate which the Lord places upon Spiritualism. 

"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or 
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, ... or 
an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, 
or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomi- 
nation unto the Lord." Deut. 18:10-12. 

Surely at the present time consulting with familiar spirits 
can not be pleasing to God, when anciently it was an abomi- 
nation to him. 

In the New Testament Spiritualism is also found in 

doubtful company, under its old name of witchcraft: 

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, 
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunken- 
ness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also 
told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the king- 
dom of God." Gal. 5: 19-21. 

And with this statement that those who are deluded by 
the falsehoods, and who practice the devilish arts of Spirit- 
ualism shall not inherit the kingdom of God, agree the words 
of John, who, after describing those who enter the New Je- 
rusalem, the capital city of the kingdom of God, declares that 
" without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and 
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh 
a lie." Rev. 22:15. 

This, then, is the ultimate destiny of Spiritualism. It 
will perish in the company of those who follow Satan. 

Phenomena Produced by Fallen Angels 

The phenomena of Spiritualism are produced by fallen 
angels. As has already been shown in this volume, before the 
creation of man a rebellion broke out among the angels in heaven 
against the authority of God. This rebellion was led by Satan. 



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At that time Satan was a beautiful and glorious angel, a loved 
and honored leader of great multitudes of the heavenly host. 
His name was Lucifer. Exalted by his Maker to a position 
of great prominence and influence, he was able to lead many 
of the angels astray when sin found an entrance into his heart 
and mind. These angels were cast out of heaven with Satan. 
Rev. 12:7-9. 

Thus in our study of Spiritualism we must ever bear in 
mind the fact that there are on earth a vast multitude of in- 
visible beings clothed with supernatural power, called " demons " 




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by the Scriptures of truth, wholly evil in character, and who, 
with the most intense hatred toward God and man, are con- 
stantly engaged in the most bitter warfare against the welfare 
of human beings and the glory of God. These unseen, yet 
intelligent beings can work equally as well in the darkness 
as in the light, while their presence remains unperceived and 
unrecognized. They can come into a room like the viewless 
air, and are able to work through visible and bodily forms as well 
as to control living beings. They can change* their location with 
the rapidity of thought. Having lived for thousands of years, 
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they have the advantage of the wisdom and experience of the 
ages; they can recall facts that are past long ago, which no living 
man could possibly know, but which may be found afterwards 
to be true. They can assume disguises innumerable, imperson- 
ate any character, and can call to their assistance at any time 
a vast multitude of other beings like themselves. This vast 
confederacy of evil is presided over by a chief who once dwelt 
in the courts of heaven, but whose present supreme aim is to 
ensnare the human race to its eternal destruction, and who 
aims at pressing every event and circumstance of human life 
into his fiendish service. 

A Vast Amount of Harm 

It is evident, when these things are considered, that these 
evil angels, under such a superior and intelligent control, 
organized as they are into companies, divisions, "principali- 
ties" and "powers" (Eph. 6: 12) and inspired only with the 
object of doing mischief, deceiving, and misleading, possess 
faculties and opportunities for doing a vast amount of harm. 
By such spirits the unwary can be easily controlled, terrorized, 
deceived, and injured. They can lay and execute the most 
dangerous plots. They can cause their enemies to render them 
service unconsciously and ignorantly. They can take the credit 
for good which they have never done, and put off upon others 
the blame for evil which they have themselves performed. 
In this way they are able to confuse all conceptions of right 
and wrong, calling evil good, and good evil. And especially 
is this true when they work among those who deny the very 
existence of such beings. Under such circumstances they are 
able to accomplish an amount of mischief and deceit too great 
for mortal man to comprehend. 

Through all the ages of the past these wicked spirits have 
unsettled the minds of multitudes of people, and have led many 
into madness, insanity, and ruin. Through all their history 
they have never yet been known to reveal any truth of 
importance which has not already been revealed in God's 
Word, or discovered by the aid of good men of science. Not 
one sinner have they ever led to Christ for forgiveness of sins, 
nor is there one among the millions of Spiritualists who has 
been savingly converted to God by Spiritualism, or with the 



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help of the spirits. Their invariable testimony is against the 
Word of God. They repudiate the plan of salvation which that 
Word reveals. Their attitude toward Jesus Christ is today 
what it has always been — " Jesus of Nazareth, let us alone; 
what have we to do with thee?" See Mark 5:7; Matt. 8: 29; 
Luke 8:28. By their denial of the fall of man, the atone- 
ment of Christ, and the salvation of man by that atonement, 
they sweep away at one stroke the whole plan and purpose of 
God as revealed through Christ and the Bible. 

Scientists Baffled 

Scientists have found themselves perplexed and baffled 
in their investigations of this system, and have reached some 
amazing conclusions. But this is not to be wondered at when 
scientists come to such an investigation denying that such 
mighty forces exist. An infidelity and skepticism which doubts 
everything for which it can not find an explanation, and which 
denies everything which it can not weigh in a balance, or measure 
with a foot rule, we may expect to see imposed on and deceived 
when it comes to deal with the mightiest forces in the universe. 
If unseen, imponderable, undefinable, incomprehensible energies 
lie about us everywhere, in the mysteries of electricity, the 
forces of gravitation, the vegetative secrets of nature, many 
of which are still inexplicable, invisible, unmeasured, and im- 
measurable, but which, notwithstanding this, still rule in our 
material universe with incalculable power and mathematical 
exactness, why should it be considered unbelievable that 
other forces and powers and influences and intelligences of 
which our learning and philosophy take little or no account, 
may rule and control the hearts, minds, souls, and bodies of men? 

Scientists who deny the existence. of such forces simply 
because they can not explain them are centuries behind the 
times. What can they explain? What explanation have they 
been able to give us of the mysteries of seed, of plant, and 
of flower? True, they can trace the steps in the growth of 
such things, but can they explain those steps? Can they 
explain the germination of life, the growing of fruits, flowers, 
colors, odors, poisons, from the same identical soil? Can any 
scientist tell why a mere whiff of air or the odor of a flower 
produces on some constitutions just as powerful an effect as 



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a strong drug? Can they explain why a heart should be broken 
or a life ruined and destroyed because of an evil passion, a 
disappointment, a harsh speech, or a look of hatred? Can they 
explain the connection between mind and body, and thus reveal 
why wrong habits of thought will produce physical disease? 

And if, as all scientists well know, the sensitive minds 
of some persons can be depressed and deranged by the will, 
the glance, the word, or even by some secret influence or thought 
of others, why should it be thought a thing impossible that 
invisible spirits, cunning as the devil, swift as electricity, 
subtle as magnetism, and as unaccountable as gravitation, 
may work on human minds and bodies until the mental equi- 
librium is unbalanced, reason is subverted, and life itself is 
destroyed? 

Those who today deny the existence of such agencies 
of evil, and say that the working of such forces is an impossi- 
bility, in the face of the clear teachings of the Bible, are merely 
asserting omniscience for themselves while they are demon- 
strating ignorance. 

An Attending Angel 

The Bible teaches that each child of God has an attending 
angel from the courts of heaven. Matt. 18: 10; Acts 12: 12-16. 

We may reasonably suppose that each person has also an 
evil angel attending him constantly. This evil angel would 
know all that the person has ever said or done, and while im- 
personating the individual in a Spiritualist seance could 
tell all that the person himself could tell if he were actu- 
ally there. He could reveal secrets known only to the one 
who is dead and the inquirer at the seance, and this reve- 
lation would appear of such a supernatural character to the 
inquirer, that, not being fortified by the truth of the Bible 
regarding the condition of the dead, he would be convinced that 
he is in actual communication with the spirit of the dead. He 
is then led on to believe " doctrines of devils " (1 Tim. 4:1), 
because, once convinced that it is one who loves him who 
thus speaks to him, he is then ready to believe any message 
he may receive. Thus he is drawn away from God into this 
terrible delusion. 

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seances are not the spirits of the dead, but are the spirits of 
devils. Rev. 16: 14. This movement is the latter-day working 
of the one who was cast out of heaven, and all the people of 
God should guard themselves against it with the utmost care. 

As many will be brought into contact with these spirits 
which impersonate the dead, they will find themselves con- 
fronted by a power which they will be utterly unable to with- 
stand or resist. Appeals will be made to their sympathies, 
and before their eyes miracles will be wrought which will 
convince them that this fearful delusion is the great power 
of God. They will be led to disbelieve the Word of God, which 
opposes the false claims of Spiritualism, and will thus be led 
on until God departs from them, as he did from King Saul, 
and they are completely entangled in the snares of the devil. 
Thus thousands and hundreds of thousands will lose their 
souls in this final effort of Satan to deceive the whole world 
and take it captive. Our only protection against this powerful 
delusion is an acquaintance with and a firm belief in the 
inspired teachings of the Bible concerning the dead. 

The Bible solves forever the dark problem which has 
so long brought perplexity and distress to the world. It lights 
a lamp of hope for all who are weary and heavy laden. It 
gives assurance of life beyond the grave, a glory that shall 
never end. It strengthens the hearts of those who mourn, 
brings comfort to the bereaved, and points us forward to the 
better, brighter day which is so near at hand. 

It shows to be false the revelations which are made by 
Satan and his angels through spirit mediums. In order to save 
from the snare of Satan those who have been trifling with 
spirit manifestations, it sends forth this awful warning: '" For 
this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie : that they all might be damned who believe 
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2Thess. 
2: 11, 12. It commands us to " resist the devil," and promises 
us that he will flee from us. James 4:7. 

With Paul, "I would have you wise unto that which is 
good, and simple ( or blameless) concerning evil. And the 
God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen." Rom. 
16 : 20. 







CHAPTER XII 

SATAN BOUND A THOUSAND YEARS 

THE binding of Satan for a thousand years will take place 
at the second coming of Christ. He will then not be able 
to deceive the nations until the thousand years are finished. 
At the close of this period, commonly called the Millennium, 
Satan will be loosed from his bondage and will then again 
enter upon the work of deception. His freedom, however, 
will continue but for a short time. The only passage in the 
Bible which makes direct reference to the thousand year period 
is as follows: 

"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the 
bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, 
that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand 
years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal 
upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand 
years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto 
them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of 
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, 
neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or 
in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. 
This is the first resurrection." Rev. 20: 1-5. 

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There are numerous theories regarding the millennium 
which are now being taught in the religious world. The only one 
of these theories which can be true must harmonize with this 
passage of Scripture which definitely refers to the " thousand 
year" period. This word " millennium " is a combination of 
two Latin words, "mille, " meaning a thousand, and "annum, " 
meaning year; a thousand years. This is the sole meaning of 
the term. A perverted use of the word "millennium" has 
come to convey to the minds of many people a thousand-year 
period of great peace, prosperity, and salvation upon this earth. 
There is no such meaning in the term itself. Notwithstanding 
the fact that it is thus generally explained, it means only a 
thousand years, without specifying anything at all as to the 
character of that period. 

Begins at Second Coming of Christ 

The millennium begins at the time of the second coming 
of Christ. During the thousand years of its duration Satan 
is to be bound in a place called "the bottomless pit." The 
purpose of this binding is to restrain him from deceiving the 
nations and to impose upon him a partial punishment. Because 
of the fact that Satan is to be bound during the thousand years 
of the millennium, many people have reached the conclusion 
that this period will be a very happy, prosperous, and glorious 
time of peace on earth; that all the nations will be converted 
to the gospel, and as a result will disband their armies, dis- 
mantle their navies, and learn war no more, So long has this 
theory been taught that it has come to be widely accepted. 
But it has no foundation at all in the Bible. 

The Bible contains no teaching which, rightly under- 
stood, would lead anyone to believe that before the end of 
this world the nations will all be converted to the gospel and 
cease to war with each other. As a matter of fact, the Bible 
teaches just the contrary. The theory that the world is be- 
coming better constantly is not based on the teaching of the 
Bible. The popular theory of a millennium of peace and safety 
is but another deception of the devil, invented by him for the 
purpose of leading the people of God to believe that Christ 
will not come until the world has been brought to accept 
Christianity, which it will never do, and thus cause them to 
say, "My Lord delayeth his coming." 



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The teaching that the world will be converted is largely 
based upon the following verse: "And this gospel of the king- 
dom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all 
nations, and then shall the end come." Matt. 24: 14. This 
verse/ however, does not teach the doctrine of the world's 
conversion at all. It teaches merely that the world will hear 
the gospel, that the gospel will be sent into all the world, be pro- 
claimed to all nations, not for their conversion but as a witness. 

In addition to this, the parable of the wheat and the 




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Offenders of any nation are arrested and bound for trial and punishment. 

tares, recorded in Matt. 13 : 24-30 and 36-43, makes very plain 
that both classes, the righteous and the wicked, are to "grow 
together " until "the harvest, " which is explained to be " the end 
of the world. " Thus at the end of the world, instead of all the 
wicked being converted, they will be cast into the furnace 
of fire, where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 

Growing Worse and Worse 

While the exponents of the world conversion theory 
maintain that the world is growing better, the Bible teaches 
the exact opposite. It informs us plainly that "evil men and 



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seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being de- 
ceived." 2 Tim. 3:13. 

In speaking of the days immediately preceding his coming, 
Jesus himself declared: 

"As it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the 
Son of man. . . . Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; . . . even 
thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. " Luke 17 : 26-30. 

In order to discover the conditions of the days just previous 
to the coming of Christ, therefore, it is only necessary to refer 
to the history of the days preceding the flood and the destruc- 
tion of Sodom and Gomorrah. Of the conditions prevailing 
at these periods, we read: 

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, 
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil con- 
tinually." Gen. 6:5. 

So will it be in the days of the coming of Christ the second 
time. 

The last days of the history of this earth are described 
in detail by inspiration, as follows: 

" This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For 
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphem- 
ers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, 
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are 
good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of 
God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such 
turn away." 2 Tim. 3:1-5. 

It is obvious that this passage does not teach the conver- 
sion of the world. Here there is set before us a list of eighteen 
terrible sins which are especially to characterize "the last 
days." And the astonishing thing about this passage is that 
this is not at all a description of the world in general, but 
rather of the church. The people who indulge in these sins 
will not be the worldlings only, but church members. This is 
the meaning of the expression " having a form of godli- 
ness." The outward form is correct, but even while professing 
to be Christians they are acting like worldlings. And if the 
professed church of Christ in the days of his second coming 
can be so described by divine inspiration, then what must 
be the condition of the world at large? 

In his care for the church the Lord has given instruction 
even concerning the rise of the movement which is teaching 



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PAUL THOMPSON 

Even church edifices will lie in ruins during the thousand years. 

the doctrine of the world's conversion and a millennium of 

peace on earth: 

"Of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write 
unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh 
as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then 
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; 
and they shall not escape." 1 Thess. 5: 1-3. 

From this it appears that this very movement which is 
proclaiming the world's conversion is in itself a sign of the 
rapidly approaching destruction of all things. 

In this connection it will probably be asked, Does t'he 
Bible not teach somewhere that all the world at some time 
in the future will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, 
and all nations serve and obey him? 

Yes, the Bible does teach this. The mistake has been made, 

however, in not perceiving that this has been taught with 

reference to the earth in its regenerated condition, when all 

things are made new, and not regarding the earth as it now is. 

"The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters 
cover the sea." Isa. 11:9, 



108 Satan 

"And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and 
from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, 
saith the Lord." Isa. 66:23. 

The time when all the earth will be acquainted with Je- 
hovah, and will worship him, is clearly pointed to by these 
two passages. The time pointed to, however, is clearly with 
reference to the new earth, not to the present earth; and this 
condition of universal worship is to be brought about not at 
all by the conversion of the present nations, but rather by 
their destruction. Thus Peter writes: 

"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which 
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt 
with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be 
burned up." "Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. " 2 Peter 3 : 10, 13. 

The Order of Millennial Events 

The Bible makes very clear the order of the events in 
connection with the beginning and the end of the millennium. 
It begins with the second coming of Christ. At that time 
four classes of people are on this earth — the righteous dead, 
the righteous living, the wicked dead, and the wicked living. 

At the second coming of Christ all the righteous dead 
are raised. (1 Thess. 4: 15-17.) The same passage teaches 
that all the righteous living are translated. These two classes 
of God's people are then caught up "to meet the Lord in the 
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 

At that time all the righteous will be taken to those man- 
sions which Christ has been preparing for them, "that where 
I am, there ye may be also." John 14: 1-3. They are taken 
to heaven, and there "they lived and reigned with Christ 
a thousand years." Rev. 20:4. 

-It is plain from this language that the millennial reign 
of God's people with Christ is not to be on the earth, as so 
many believe, but in heaven. At the beginning of the millen- 
nium all the people of God are removed from this earth and 
taken to heaven, where they remain for the thousand years 
of the millennium. 

The second coming of Christ will also bring about the 
destruction of the wicked living, who will be consumed by the 
brightness of his coming and the glory of his power. (2 Thess. 
2:8.) All the wicked dead will be left undisturbed in their 



Satan 

graves. "The rest of the dead lived not again until the thou- 
sand years were finished." Rev. 20: 5. 

The Earth Depopulated 

It appears very clear from these passages that at the 
second coming of Christ all the righteous will be removed 
from the earth, and all the wicked will be dead. Thus the earth 
during the millennium will be empty, or depopulated. There 
will not be a human being here. 

It is of this time that the prophet speaks: 

"And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the 
earth even unto the other end of the earth : they shall not be lamented, neithei 
gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.' ' Jer. 25:33. 

This same vision of the empty condition of the earth 
during the millennium was given to the prophet Isaiah: 

"Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, 
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 
. . . The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord 
hath spoken this word. " Isa. 24: 1, 3. 

A view of the earth during the time of the millennium 
was given the prophet Jeremiah: 

"I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the 
heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, the^ 
trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no 
man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful 
place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the 
presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. For thus hath the Lord said, 
The whole land shall be desolate ; yet will I not make a full end. " Jer. 4 : 23-27. 

The condition of the earth during the millennium is here 
clearly described. It will be a waste and desolate wilderness. 
There will be no man here. The righteous will all be in heaven, 
and the wicked will all be dead. The cities of the earth will 
be broken down at the presence of the Lord. All the works of 
men will be destroyed. Darkness will cover the earth. The 
bodies of the dead will be from one end of the earth to the 
other end. There will be no one to gather them, to lament 
them, or to bury them. 

Satan Bound in the Bottomless Pit 

The earth in this condition is what is referred to by the 
expression "the bottomless pit," into which Satan is cast 
and bound. This term "bottomless pit" is used in Rev. 9:1, 2. 



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and there is applied to the Arabian desert, from which 
the hordes of Saracens and Arabians issued, as described by 
the prophet in that chapter. The term means any place of 
darkness, desolation, and death. And at the time when the 
earth returns to its original condition of chaos, without form 
and void, it becomes the bottomless pit of Satan's captivity. 




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It will be in this desolated earth, therefore, with its cities 
destroyed, its whole expanse but a great wilderness, without 
any of the human race left, that Satan will be compelled to 
stay for one thousand years. He is bound with a great chain. 
This is not a literal chain, but one of circumstances. He is 
unable to carry on his work of deception. He can not deceive 
the righteous, for they are in heaven. He can not deceive the 
wicked, for they are dead. There is nothing he can do. By the 
very circumstances of his position he is bound, and must of 
necessity remain bound until some change is brought about, 
either in the condition of the earth or of the wicked. 

This is not Satan's final punishment, but it is a just pre- 
liminary to it. The wreck of the world has been caused by sin. 
The cities of the earth have been broken down because of sin. 
The wicked have been slain as the result of sin. The earth 
has become a desolate wilderness because it has been the 
dwelling place of sin. All this is the work of Satan. This is 
the result of his rebellion in heaven and the introduction of 
sin into this world, and now he is made to realize what it all 
means, and is shown what its results have been. The ruined 
earth is his handiwork. This is the end of all his plausible 
promises of better government. And in this earth, in its deso- 
late condition, he is compelled to live for a thousand years. 
He is compelled to remain in this ruined earth, surrounded 
by his own work. His work of deception has been made im- 
possible. The righteous have at last escaped his grasp, and they 
are enjoying the delights of heaven at the court of the King 
of the universe. The wicked are before him upon the face of 
all the earth, but they are cold in death. Doubtless " the 
angels who left their first estate " at his bidding are still 
with him. They, too, have been instrumental in bringing to 
pass this fearful wreck of one of the planets, and they are 
compelled to live in that ruin a thousand years. 

Satan's Release 

At the end of the millennium, the great chain which 
binds Satan will be broken by the resurrection of the wicked. 

"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years 
were finished." Rev. 20:5. 

If the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand 



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years were finished, then when the thousand years are finished 
the rest of the dead will live again. 

It is at the close of the millennium that the resurrection 
of the wicked takes place, and their resurrection releases 
the devil and provides him with material to work on and 
deceive. It was the emptiness of the earth of all human in- 
habitants that constituted his binding, and hence it is the 
resurrection of the wicked which effects his release. 

Satan begins to plan for his last great attempt to over- 
throw the government of God as soon as the wicked are raised 
from the dead and he is thus released from his confinement. 
The resurrection of the wicked brings under his command a 
greater host than ever before in the entire history of his re- 
bellion. All the wicked who ever lived on the earth come then 
under his control and are ready to do his bidding. Among 
them are some who are skilled in modern warfare. The 
great warriors of ancient history are there. The angels who 
were cast out of heaven are still with Satan, and are now in 
such desperation as to consent to anything. Laying before them 
the great project, and securing their agreement to it, Satan 
plans to bring it to pass. The wicked under the leadership 
of Satan are led to hope for success, but instead they meet 
their final destruction in oblivion. 



The wicked marching toward the Holy City. 




4 And he laid hold on the dragon, . . . which is the Devil, and bound him 

a thousand years. 

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CHAPTER XIII 

THE DESTINY OF SATAN 

IT is at the close of the thousand years of the millennium that 
Satan is released from the confinement which has been his 
lot during the millennium. At the close of this thousand-year 
period the holy city, the New Jerusalem, comes down from God 
out of heaven and rests upon this earth. At that time the 
wicked, having been raised from the dead, are on the earth, 
being marshalled into companies and regiments by the arch- 
rebel and his assistants. The city — that beautiful and glorious 
city which is to be the capital of the New Earth — settles down 
upon the place prepared for it in the sight of the wicked. In 
the city are the redeemed of the Lord who have been living 
and reigning with Christ during the millennium. Rev. 21: 2, 3. 
The resurrection of the wicked has released Satan from 
his bondage. Gathered around him then are the vast hosts 
of his own evil angels, and now this great company is joined 
by the innumerable throngs of the wicked. Among them are 
the giants who lived on the earth before the flood. Many of the 
world's greatest warriors come up from their sleep just as 
eager to destroy their enemies as before. 

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Seeing himself joined by this great host, and beholding 
before him the New Jerusalem, in which are the righteous 
and the holy angels with their beloved Commander, the Son 
of God, Satan determines not yet to yield the struggle against 
the Father. He points out to his angels that the city is unpro- 
tected, and will doubtless be unable to resist attack. He inspires 
them with the hope that they may be able to overthrow the 
government of God and take the city. By this delusive hope 
the wicked are led to prepare themselves for the last great 
struggle for the supremacy of the world. Weapons of warfare 
are prepared, companies, battalions, and regiments are formed 
and drilled, and then the great host of the lost is led forth by 
Satan to take the city. 

"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed 
out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the 
four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to 
battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up 
on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, 
and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and 
devoured them." Rev. 20:7-9. 

The Destruction of Sin and Sinners 

The fire of God falls from heaven upon the wicked as they 
surround the holy city, and the vast host of evil men and fallen 
angels is overwhelmed. This fire does not perpetuate the 
wicked, but " devours them. " From this death, which is called 
in the Bible the " second death/' there will never be any re- 
covery. The wicked will never be raised from the death which 
they experience at this time. There will be no eternally burning 
hell in which they will suffer forever. 

On the contrary, they shall "die;" they shall suffer 
"death;" they shall suffer "the second death;" they shall be 
"destroyed;" they shall suffer "destruction;" they shall 
"perish;" they shall be "burned up;" they shall "not be;" 
they shall come to an "end;" they shall be "consumed;" 
they shall be "devoured;" they shall be "slain;" they shall 
be "cut off;" they shall be "silent in darkness;" "they shall 
be as though they had not been;" they shall be "no more;" 
they shall be "blotted out;" they shall suffer "perdition;" 
they shall be "ground to powder;" they shall be "hewn down;" 
they shall see "corruption;" they shall be "torn to pieces;" 
they shall be "rooted up;" they shall be as "nothing;" they 



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shall be as "nought." Eze. 18: 4; Rom. 6: 23; Rev. 20: 14, 15 
Ps. 145:20; Job 21:30; Ps. 37:20; Matt. 3:12; Mai. 4:1 
Ps. 37: 10; Ps. 37: 38; Ps. 21: 9; Ps. 62: 3; Ps. 37: 9; 1 Sam. 2:9 
Obadiah 16; Ps. 104: 35; Ps. 69: 28; 2 Pet. 3: 7; Matt. 21: 44 
Matt. 3:10; Gal. 6:8; Ps. 50:22; Prov. 2:22; Jer. 10:24 
Isa. 41:12. 

Such expressions as these, and there are many similar 
ones for which there is not space to quote, are surely sufficient 
to establish the fact that the Bible does not teach that God- 
dishonoring doctrine of eternal torment. This doctrine is an 
invention of Satan, designed to bring reproach upon God. 
It has no place in the Bible, and will have no place in reality 
when the wicked are punished. The fire which at the close of 
the millennium falls upon them will consume them together. 
Each will be punished "according to his deeds." Rom. 2:6. 
Some take a longer time to consume than others, as they have 
been more wicked than others, but ultimately the fire which 
punishes them will bring them all to utter death and destruction. 

Upon Satan and his angels the fire will have the same 

effect as it has upon the wicked. All will be brought to nothing 

and be as though they had not been. In Satan's case this will 

take longer than in that of any other case, as he is the one 

through whom all the others have been caused to sin. But 

even in his case the fire of God will eventually devour him, 

and he will be no more. This is made plain in the word which 

God spake to Satan: 

"I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones 
of fire. ... I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, 
that they may behold thee. . . . Therefore will I bring forth a fire from 
the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon 
the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee 
among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and 
never shalt thou be any more." Eze. 28: 16-19. 

The book of Malachi also refers to the destiny of Satan: 

"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the 
proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that 
cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them 
neither root nor branch." Mai. 4: 1. 

The great conflict of the ages between Christ and Satan 
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of Satan and his angels and all who ally themselves with him. 
The fires of the last day will consume them and " leave them 
neither root nor branch." Satan is the root, and the wicked 
are the branches. Nothing is to be left of either sin or sinners. 
The universe is to be cleansed from every stain of sin. 




'I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth." 




CHAPTER XIV 

THE NEW EARTH 

THE earth will be purified by the fire which consumes the 
wicked. The ruined works of men will be burned by great 
billows of flame. The last remnants of sin will be consumed. 
"The elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and 
the works that are therein shall be burned up." 2 Peter 3: 10. 
Then the long controversy against God is closed. Death, the 
last foe, has been destroyed. The warring world being at last 
overthrown, everything is now at peace with God. The great 
theatre of sin — the scene of strife and dissension, the first heaven 
and the first earth, the place in which centered the rebellion 
against Jehovah — has passed away. And when it has been 
dissolved by the fires which come down from heaven, by God's 
word there is then brought into existence "new heavens and 
a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." 2 Peter 3: 13. 

The New Jerusalem, containing the righteous nation of 
the saved, will ride securely upon the billows of flames which 
purify the earth, and when these flames subside, having ac- 
complished their work of purifying the earth,the city settles 
into the place prepared for it, and becomes the capital of the 
universe of God. God himself will dwell in it, the throne of 
the Lamb shall be in it, and it will be for all eternity the center 
of the entire universe. 

After the desolation of the millennium and the purifying 
fires at the close of the millennium, the earth will blossom 
again and become the home of the redeemed of the earth. 
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Isaiah 35. " Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the 
earth." Matt. 5: 5. 

The earth will emerge from this fearful ordeal of fire 
cleansed from every stain of sin, and will become again like 
the Garden of Eden for beauty. "The wilderness and the soli- 
tary place" shall " blossom as the rose," and to the earth "the 
glory of Lebanon shall be given, . . . the excellency of 
Carmel and Sharon." Isa. 35:2. The earth thus becomes 




"And a little ehild shall lead them.' 1 



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what it was first intended to be — the eternal home of the 
people of God. 

Building Houses and Planting Vineyards 

After witnessing the destruction of the wicked, and later 
the cleansing of the earth by fire, the righteous shall then go 
forth from the city, and "they shall build houses and inhabit 
them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. " 
Isa. 65:21. The whole earth will be populated with the re- 
deemed of the Lord. The homes they build will never be 
destroyed. There will be no fear of fire, or earthquake, or war. 
Sin has passed forever. There will be none to make afraid. 
No ravenous beast shall be there. Peace and contentment and 
unspeakable happiness will prevail in the hearts of all. 

The people of the new earth will gather at Jerusalem to 
engage in the worship of the King of kings every month and 
every Sabbath. "For as the new heavens and the new earth, 
which I shall make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, 
so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come 
to pass that from one new moon to another, and from one 
sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, 
saith the Lord." Isa. 66: 22, 23. Here in the city of God the 
redeemed will have access to the "tree of life," which yields 
its fruit "every month." They also will have the privilege 
of wandering through the groves which border "the river of 
water of life" which proceeds "out of the throne of God and 
of the Lamb." Rev. 22:1, 2. 

The Curse Removed 

The curse of sin has come to its end. "And there shall be 
no more curse." Rev. 22: 3. Sin has been destroyed, and will 
never return. The created intelligences of the other worlds, 
the angels, and every soul which has been redeemed at such an 
infinite cost have all fully decided that God is righteous alto- 
gether. The experiment carried out by Satan never need be 
repeated. Thank God for the promise of the Bible that when 
the Lord destroys sin he will "make an utter end: affliction 
shall not rise up the second time." Nahum 1:9. 

There in that new earth, "I shall know even as also I 
am known. " 1 Cor. 13: 12. Loved ones and friends long sepa- 



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A foretaste of the new earth. 

rated by death will then be reunited, and they will know each 
other there just as they know each other here. Their sympathy 
and their love for each other will be deeper and increased, 
and will continue throughout the ages of eternity, never again 
to be broken by death. There all the faculties of the human 
mind will be developed, and our capacity for knowledge will 
be constantly enlarged. There will be no enterprise into which 
one can enter there that will be too great to be carried for- 
ward to completion. There will be no aspiration which can not 
be reached; there will be no ambition which cannot be realized. 
There will be no end to the acquirement of knowledge. In 
the study of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge of t&e 
universe of God it will be possible to travel from planet to 
planet and from system to system, and the companions of the 
redeemed will be the angels of God and the unfallen intelli- 
gences of the other worlds. 

And this shall never end. As the ages of eternity unfold, 
there will be no fear that the years still to come will bring with 



128 Satan 

them an end to the happiness of the redeemed. When eter- 
nity has been entered until myriads of. ages have rolled by, 
still all beyond stretches eternity. 

A Universe Reunited 

In this way the controversy will close. In this way sin 
will be destroyed. In this way the great universe of God will 
be cleansed, and the bond of love and gladness which was 
broken by the intrusion of sin will be restored, and the whole 
creation reunited; and thus shall it ever remain. 

And you, my brother man, do you not want a place in 
that glorious new earth? It will not be long until it is here. 
It will not be long until sin and sinners will be no more. Hasten- 
ing greatly is the day of the Lord. Do not permit Satan by 
his wiles to deceive you. If he can, he will make you captive. 
Even now the message of the coming of the Lord is in the earth, 
and is being proclaimed far and wide. In that message is sal- 
vation for you, and a complete preparation to meet the Lord 
in peace. Accept it, and come to Christ, who rescues the perish- 
ing and saves the lost. Let the sins which offend him be 
cast away, let the thoughts which insult him be forsaken, 
and take him for your Redeemer and Friend. His life has been 
given in order that you may have a part in this new earth. 
Oh, delay no longer! The time is short. The Lord is at hand. 
May he say to you who read this book, "Come, ye blessed of 
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world." 




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Our Lords Return 
The Other Side of Death 
What Is Coming? 
Spiritualism versus Christianity 
The Christian Sabbath 
Satan: His Origin, Work, and 

Destiny 
Armageddon 
Our Paradise Home 
His Glorious Appearing 
World Peace in the Light of Bible 

Prophecy 
The Worlds Destiny— 96 pages 
Epidemics 

The Shadow of the Bottle 
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